DesertBus 19 - Advanced VST Spreadsheet

DesertBus 19 - Day - 1
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-00:01 -- Technical Stream live! Early?! What is this MADNESS? --
00:00 00:01 Video/Image Desert Bus Resort
00:00 00:01 Video/Image Desert Bus Resort [Clean Version] [✓]
00:01 00:35 Discussion Welcome to DB 2025!
00:01 -- Enter/Exit The many DB2025 team members in the room --
00:01 -- Video/Image Alpha Flight logo --
00:02 -- Driver Change Ashton is driving --
00:02 -- Game Event Driver Name: GUNNERA --
00:02 00:04 PSA What is Desert Bus for Hope?
00:02 -- Shoutout ^ Thanks to Mr. Horrible for pushing us over a Desert Buck --
00:02 -- Crash ^ Ashton crashes the bus on purpose to fix the game --
00:04 00:07 Discussion ^ What is Child's Play Charity?
00:06 -- Milestone ^ 110 Hours --
00:07 -- Meltdown ^ Wingdings at $25k (by PharmacistJudge) --
00:07 -- PSA ^ How can you donate? Make a donor account at dbfh.org --
00:08 -- Game Event ^ Bus restarts, with Driver: GUNNER --
00:08 -- PSA ^ There are prizes you can win if you donate, silent auctions are VIckerey again --
00:09 -- PSA ^ New reminder feature on the Desert Bus website for silent auctions and giveaways --
00:10 -- PSA ^ You get a tax receipt from your donor account for donating --
00:10 -- PSA ^ New store, and both old and new merch --
00:13 -- PSA ^ Shirt from Fangamer + sticker! --
00:15 00:17 Discussion ^ How Desert Bus will talk about politics
00:17 00:19 PSA ^ Check if your employer matches donations --
00:19 -- PSA ^ Donate responsibly --
00:20 00:23 Discussion ^ RDP button is back! So is the full song! But the full song must be earned [✓]
00:21 -- Physical ^^ Ian shows off the button, it has been monetized [✓] --
00:22 -- Discussion ^^^ Land Acknowledgement --
00:22 -- Technical ^^^ The Button fails to activate the RDP --
00:22 00:23 RDP RDP: Girlfriend - Rebecca Black
00:23 -- PSA ^ Submit challenges through dbfh.org for people in the room --
00:25 00:33 Behind the Scenes ^ We have new stuff, showing off new tech for this year
00:26 -- Discussion ^^ Johnny teases "Easter Eggs" in the tech --
00:27 00:32 Technical ^^ Showing off various cameras --
00:28 -- Behind the Scenes ^^ Desert Bus is the Stream Deck edge-case! --
00:29 -- Meltdown ^^ Who's that? BRONT --
00:30 -- Promo ^^ Monopoly for Millennials is Going To Happen --
00:30 -- Shoutout ^ Kevin is 12! He's Zoomy now! --
00:33 -- Enter/Exit ^ Johnny is going to go take a nap --
00:33 -- Discussion ^ Andrew explains the basics of the shifts --
00:35 00:36 Shoutout Happy Birthday Omega Lairon! shardssystem
00:36 00:41 Discussion What is Emily knitting? A time boys scarf!! (It will be long.)
00:37 -- Driver Change ^ Travis is driving --
00:36 00:38 Background Music ??? --
00:41 -- Enter/Exit Ben Ulmer enters --
00:41 00:51 Discussion Ben brought some trash for his 10th year at DB (it's a stuffed bear with a human body) [✓]
00:44 -- Physical ^ Ben pulls human-sized, human-bodied teddy bear out of black plastic bag --
00:46 -- Discussion ^^ By the end of the week Ben would like The Bear to be named --
00:46 -- Physical ^^ Neck brace added to Bear --
00:48 00:50 Skit ^^ Graham voices the Bear DMing D&D --
00:50 -- Technical The Bear's face overlays Graham's --
00:51 0:53 Discussion Kolin is here taking photos
00:53 -- Photos First set of photos --
00:53 00:53 PSA photos.desertbus.org --
00:53 00:54 RDP RDP: All These Little Words - Wilo Wilde --
00:54 01:02 Story MasterGunner and the early VST
00:54 -- PSA ^ Go to the Desert Bus YouTube channel for anything you've missed. --
00:55 00:59 Story ^ MasterGunner's role in the early VST, passed earlier this year --
00:59 01:02 Story Dan on how the VST got footage to local news
01:00 Story ^ Naming ThrimbleTrimmer --
01:02 -- Shoutout ^ GIF Smiths mentioned --
01:02 01:09 Roll Call Graham (He/Him), Trisha (She/Her), David (He/They), Erika (She/Her), Colin (He/Him), Dan (He/Him), Travis (He/Him) onstage. Map (He/Him), Johnny (He/Him), Joe (He/Him) in Engineering. Brett (He/Him), Dan Olson (He/Him) at the table. Stage friend Tim (He/Him). Adzy (She/Her), Kolin (They/Them), PJ (He/Him)
01:05 01:06 Discussion ^ Dan has a Bag of Torments (first up is apparently Monopoly for Millenials Legacy Edition) --
01:07 01:08 Discussion ^ Social media shout out --
01:09 01:09 Story Erika talks about when she was on strike earlier this year
01:10 01:10 Discussion Bear name suggestions --
01:10 01:13 Story Canadian history fun facts and Heritage Minutes
01:11 01:13 Story ^ Newfoundland's "margarine smuggling operation" --
01:12 01:13 Discussion ^ What should be new "Canadian Heritage minutes" --
01:14 Background Music ??? --
01:13 01:16 Discussion Dan talks about his goals for Desert Bus "survive"
01:14 01:16 Discussion ^ Graham tells everyone about Peak Bus and weird dreams --
01:16 01:16 Discussion ^ Dan talks about his goal to make Graham laugh and blackout --
01:16 01:17 Discussion ^ Most viewed Desert Bus video stats --
01:18 01:19 Promo First live auction coming up: Leather D&D Doctor's Bag --
01:19 -- PSA ^ Get a donor account --
01:20 02:41 Drive/Giveaway $7.99 Giveaway for: Secret Lair Collection #1 - Raised $9244.43 Caffine
01:22 -- Enter/Exit Kathleen arrives and breaks the overlay --
01:22 -- Technical The overlay briefly breaks --
01:22 01:25 Technical Clock Broken --
01:22 01:24 Discussion Discussing Kathleen's aura of technical difficulties
01:23 -- Discussion ^ Could Kathleen make a new Mario64 Speedrun Category by perfecting the Cosmic Bit Flip strat --
01:22 -- Milestone $30,000 Raised --
01:24 01:25 Technical RDP fails after 2 quarters requires a third --
01:25 01:25 RDP RDP: What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club
01:25 01:27 Discussion Users come to David's IT department to get their tech working again --
01:27 01:29 Discussion Discussing the T mark on the floor, and what it stands for
01:29 -- Physical ^ Colin T-Poses on the T spike --
01:29 01:30 Story Kathleen discusses set dressing for the Avatar: The Last Airbender MTG pre-prerelease
01:31 01:36 Discussion Favorite parts about the new overlay
01:34 -- Shoutout ^ Shoutout to the new Overlay Team: Joe, Map, Tim and Shawn --
01:34 -- Technical ^ Screen is flipped upside down --
01:35 -- Physical ^ Erika, David, Trisha are flipped upside down in response --
01:35 -- Technical ^ Graham likes the new font --
01:36 -- Technical ^ Bus Cam grew big for a second --
01:36 01:41 Discussion Speedrunning explaining Desert Bus
01:39 01:41 Discussion ^ Normal speed explaining the Desert Bus game and its origins --
01:41 01:43 Discussion Weird Snacks
01:43 01:47 Game David and Erika play Mind Meld: say a word in unison that is midway from the last word they said
01:47 01:49 Discussion Graham shows a clip of him and Kathleen playing Mind Meld
01:47 01:48 Video/Image ^ Kathleen and Graham playing Mind Meld on Good Morning Moonbase
01:49 01:50 Discussion What does Graham think of current Pro Wrestling?
01:51 01:52 Discussion The button: can it be understood?
01:52 01:59 Discussion The room's thoughts on KPop Demon Hunters + movie discussion Stormgod
01:57 -- Discussion ^ Pacing in recent movies --
01:58 -- Discussion ^ Minecraft movie flaws --
01:59 -- Discussion Erika wants to crank the button --
01:59 02:00 RDP RDP: Gee - Girls' Generation
02:01 02:01 Discussion What's the button's drop rate? --
02:01 -- Discussion v Erika is going to go crank it in another room --
02:02 02:09 Discussion What would people stick in the button to troll everyone?
02:04 -- Shoutout ^ Welcome Raiders from HannahReloaded --
02:05 02:05 Video/Image ^ Chipettes Golden video --
02:06 -- Discussion ^^ Is our new bear friend wearing pants? --
02:09 -- PSA Reminder of the Secret Lair Giveaway and Upcoming Live Auction --
02:09 02:10 PSA You can join the mailing list for when Craftalong happens and make prizes for DB2026
02:11 02:14 Discussion Tattoos of dice types with associated Dungeons and Dragons Spell PCTJoe
02:14 -- Burn! Pop Quiz! No! --
02:15 02:22 Discussion What's your favorite fizzy beverage? Viewers Like You
02:20 -- Shoutout Welcome Raiders from AnthonyWheelerArt --
02:22 02:22 Shoutout Happy Birthday Neil! GasCityGaming
02:23 02:41 Discussion Graham and Kathleen are on the same shift this year / Making new media
02:25 -- Discussion ^ Kathleen talks about her book --
02:26 -- Discussion ^ Dan explains the querying process --
02:28 -- Discussion ^ Kathleen cursed and didn't even notice --
02:29 -- Discussion ^ Casting adult actors to play teenagers/Musical actors getting cast --
02:33 02:35 Discussion ^ Appearing to age or not age --
02:36 02:41 Discussion ^ Sir Patrick Stewart and Star Trek talk --
02:40 -- Prank ^ Brief shot of The Bear instead of the wheel --
02:41 02:43 PSA They need a phone number for international shipping --
02:43 02:54 Discussion The gig economy needing people to constantly get ratings sucks. The gig economy sucks
02:44 -- Discussion ^ Tipping culture --
02:48 02:49 Discussion ^ First/past jobs --
02:49 -- Video/Image ^ Atlantic Alliance Logo on screen --
02:50 02:54 Discussion ^ Famous Players Movie Theatres --
02:51 02:52 Video/Image ^^ Exterior and interior shots of Famous Players Movie Theaters
02:54 03:00 Discussion What is Gunge?
02:54 -- Video/Image ^ Antony Worrall-Thompson covered in gunge --
02:56 -- Discussion ^ Temperature of slime/gunge --
02:56 -- Discussion ^ Canadian children's shows with slime --
02:57 -- Video/Image ^ Uh Oh logo and cast photo --
02:58 -- Discussion ^ Blue Jays made the World Series and sports post-game interviews --
03:00 03:04 Discussion Travis is planning to get to each shift across the run
03:03 -- Discussion ^ Travis sends a thank you to the chat for their efforts --
03:03 -- Discussion ^ Child's Play puts people in hospitals --
03:04 03:06 Discussion Travis explains what Child's Play does [✓]
03:06 03:06 Discussion Graham explains the overlay: currency conversion and Desert Bucks --
03:09 -- Technical Graham fails to launch a RDP --
03:09 03:10 RDP RDP: Immaculate Taste - Engelwood
03:10 -- Shift Change Night Watch Day 1 --
03:10 03:10 Video/Image Night Watch BUStalk intro video --
03:10 03:25 Skit Night Watch BUStalk Day 1 - The Fiscal Year
03:11 -- Meme ^ The Bear appears as Ian does the Night Watch Intro --
03:13 -- Skit ^ Wiggins takes over the presentation --
03:15 -- Skit ^ Jordynne takes over the presentation --
03:17 -- Technical ^ The slide show messes up --
03:18 -- Skit ^ Andrew takes over the presentation --
03:10 -- Skit ^ Ian starts a presentation --
03:22 -- Skit ^ Bengineering takes over the presentation --
03:23 -- Driver Change Andrew is driving the bus --
03:25 03:25 Discussion ^ Post-presentation chat --
03:25 -- Discussion ^ Matt tilts out due to a lack of planning --
03:26 03:39 Roll Call Night Watch does introductions: Ben (he/him), Ian (he/him), Wiggins (he/him), Jordynne (she/her), Andrew (he/they), Max (they/them) Kelly (They/Them), PJ (He/Him) Jen (She/Her), Joe (He/Him), Kolin (They/Them), Brett (He/Him)
03:27 -- Crash ^ Andrew crashes on the left during roll call --
03:30 -- Technical ^ Restarting the Sega CD --
03:31 -- Game Event ^ Andrew starts playing Buzz Bombers --
03:31 -- Prize Info ^ First live action: Leather D&D Doctor's Bag coming soon --
03:32 3:35 Technical ^ Andrew needs help starting the bus --
03:32 -- Physical ^ Ben consoles Andrew --
03:33 3:35 Discussion ^ Andrew shows off his nails done by Tart Talons in Vancouver --
03:35 -- Game Event Your driver is: GUNNNER --
03:39 -- Prank The Bear has more items on it --
03:38 03:41 Discussion Talk about The Bear's history at the Moonbase
03:39 -- Discussion ^ Ian put it in handcuffs --
03:40 -- Discussion ^ The Bear might make an appearance in an upcoming new LRR intro video --
03:40 -- Discussion ^ Andrew picked it up and then forgot about it until today --
03:40 -- Discussion ^ Ben took a video of Serge and him picking the Bear up from Andrew's --
03:41 -- Burn! ^ Wiggins to Graham: I thought we got rid of you --
03:41 -- PSA Lots of things coming up (no items shown) --
03:41 03:45 Discussion Let's use the button, is it working as intended --
03:43 03:44 RDP RDP: Dance the Night - Dua Lipa
03:44 -- Crash ^ Andrew crashes on the left during the RDP --
03:44 -- Driver Change ^ Andrew has his license revoked; Ben takes over --
03:44 -- Discussion ^ Crashing your car during a Dua Lipa song is a Jojo reference --
03:44 Background Music ^ ??? --
03:45 -- Discussion ^ Ian discusses engineering's contribution to the button's temporary demise --
03:45 03:48 Prize Info Crochet Plush Pickle Ian silent auction
03:45 -- Discussion ^ Ian did not consent, but he did approve --
03:47 03:47 Discussion ^ Jordynne can't remember how to co-pilot --
03:47 -- Burn! ^ Ben: I see we put all the correct people in the correct chairs to start this shift --
03:47 03:48 Physical ^ Ian copies the Pickle Ian pose --
03:48 -- PSA Make sure your donor account is tied to your Twitch account if you want to participate in live auction --
03:48 -- Game Event Your driver is: GUNNNNER --
03:48 03:52 Video/Image Pickle Ian shows up by the TV --
03:49 03:50 Discussion Ian's denim jeans and other jean talk
03:50 -- Game Event Bus stop got by Ben --
03:51 03:54 Game Max has an envelope - The Word of the Day
03:52 03:53 Discussion ^ Max knows someone who makes yarn of dog hair --
03:53 03:54 Discussion ^ Max reveals the word of the day to chat (but not to the room) (Tangerine, no one ever says it) --
03:54 03:56 Discussion VR talk and the time Ian played Pistol Whip on stream
03:56 03:57 Discussion Room talks about the Steam Machine (Steam Cube) and the defeat of XBox --
03:57 -- Video/Image Pickle Ian is on the right of the overlay --
03:57 04:02 Prize Info Live auction for Leather D&D Doctor's Bag coming up [✓]
03:59 03:59 Meltdown ^ "Bones still have bears" --
04:00 04:01 Meltdown ^ Matt is done --
04:00 -- Enter/Exit ^ Meg enters --
04:01 04:01 Burn! ^ It's really awkward dating a 14-year-old boy! - Meg --
04:02 -- PSA ^ Rules for the auction --
04:02 04:11 Auction Live Auction for: Leather D&D Doctor's Bag - Won for: $8,282.82 warkface
04:04 -- Background Music ^ The Grimm Troupe - Christopher Larkin from Hollow Knight --
04:12 -- Technical RDP Fail, twice - Ian has to debug --
04:12 04:13 RDP RDP: smiley face - Sydney Sprague
04:13 04:14 Discussion Andrew discusses a bit of selection criteria for RDP songs --
04:14 04:23 Technical Ian performs live surgery on the button --
04:15 04:16 Prize Info Stream Deck with Custom Faceplate and Pokemon Legends of Arceus Map --
04:16 04:16 Technical Bus Tracker shown on overlay for the first time --
04:17 04:17 Technical Freshy Appears to introduce the Bus Tracker [✓]
04:17 04:18 Technical There was a (literal) bug in the RDP button
04:18 -- Technical Previewed a future giveaway on the overlay --
04:18 04:23 Background Music K K Cruisin Animal Crossing (remix) (???) --
04:19 04:22 Prize Info Discussing prizes for Art Challenge --
04:21 -- Discussion ^ You have to put bugs in your manifest? --
04:21 -- Enter/Exit Rek enters --
04:22 04:23 Discussion Positive vibes from the room for a 2nd round of interviews for James James Brafin / JamesTheDabbler
04:22 04:24 Discussion Vending machine and laundry machine short videos
04:23 -- Background Music ??? --
04:24 04:26 Discussion Niche vertical videos; horse shoes, traditional irish woodworking, nail tech
04:26 04:26 Discussion ^ Niche Pokemon videos --
04:26 -- Enter/Exit ^ Kelly enters --
04:27 04:28 PSA Kelly explains how art challenges work
04:28 -- PSA ^ Do not send in AI images - it goes straight in the bin --
04:29 -- Discussion Commercials from the '90s --
04:28 08:49 Drive/Giveaway Art Challenge: Make Night Watch into Gusher Fruit Friend for a DB Loot Box(Gush Night Watch) Taylor
04:29 -- Video/Image ^ Fruit Gushers commercial --
04:31 04:33 Discussion Ben explains what he wants for the art challenge
04:31 04:33 Discussion Everyone's favorite fruit: Ben - kiwi, Rek - Blueberry, Matt - raspberry, Jordynne - orange, Andrew - watermelon, Max - tomatoes, Julie - lychee, Kelly - watermelon --
04:34 04:42 Discussion The news stopped by yesterday
04:34 -- Video/Image ^ News segment on Desert Bus
04:41 Shoutout ^ John Mackenzie at RogersTV --
04:41 Shoutout ^ Emily helped find videos for the news segment --
04:42 -- Enter/Exit Emily Staniland Enters --
04:42 Discussion v Emily is a new volunteer for PR and media --
04:44 04:45 Discussion Usability of previous Desert Bus clips in a professional media package
04:45 -- Shoutout ^ VST Shoutout --
04:45 -- Physical ^ Ian puts the controller in his mouth --
04:46 04:47 Discussion Putting kill switches onto the members of VST (to prevent GDQ from "poaching" VST members) --
04:47 -- Discussion Cold emailing people - Soulja Boy didn't reply. Andrew should email again to ask about Graham's console --
04:48 04:54 Discussion Maple Time
04:51 04:54 Video/Image ^ Maple Pictures --
04:52 Discussion ^ what Maple will do when finding a ball --
04:53 -- Discussion ^ Maple loves collecting discarded paper --
04:52 -- Discussion ^ Ian has an idea for Maple --
04:54 04:54 Photos Kolin announces new photos --
04:55 04:55 RDP RDP: Flyers - BRADIO
04:56 04:58 Background Music ??? --
04:56 04:58 Discussion Does Night Watch have the most Weeb Cred? (Yes, especially Matt)
04:58 -- Discussion ^ what is a weeb? --
04:58 -- Discussion ^ Matt is the jock bully --
04:58 05:00 Video/Image Taking Emily Staniland to The Store
05:00 Background Music Some kind of Super Mario Remix ??? --
05:02 06:13 Drive/Giveaway $9.86 Giveaway: Hand-Drawn Map: Pokemon Legends Arceus - Raised $5,669.50 3geek14
05:03 -- Game Event Bus Stop Get!!! (Ben) --
05:05 -- DBloon DBloon challenge --
05:04 -- Driver Change Ian takes over from Ben --
05:05 05:05 Discussion Chat is now all members of Chatthew --
05:06 05:07 Prize Info Pickle Ian Silent Auction --
05:07 05:08 Discussion Meg is here on official shipping business, but not actually. --
05:08 05:12 Discussion More favourite fruit talk
05:10 -- Discussion ^ Best fruit pies --
05:12 -- Milestone 50k Wingdings --
05:12 -- Enter/Exit Dezi (he/him) Enters --
05:12 05:13 RDP RDP: Crab Rave - Noisestorm
05:14 Background Music Unknown from M.E. - Sonic Adventure Soundtrack --
05:14 05:24 Discussion Rock Talk with Meg [✓]
05:14 -- Discussion ^ Stuff Rek got out of coffee destoners --
05:21 -- Discussion ^ Using taste/tongue for geology --
05:23 -- Discussion ^ What kind of Rock is Pizza? --
05:25 05:26 Discussion Ben is transfixed with The Bear's ponch
05:25 -- Discussion ^ The Bear kinda looks like Beej --
05:26 -- Enter/Exit Logan briefly enters to help clean up the space after the rock talk --
05:27 -- Discussion Introducing Dezi --
05:28 05:45 Game Path of Exile Quiz (for people who don't play Path of Exile) DelphineSynastria
05:29 -- Game ^ Question 1: Just about everything you pick up has some kind of use in "crafting" or improving your gear and abilities. Which of the following items CANNOT be used directly in crafting? B --
05:31 -- Game ^ Question 2: Emperor Izaro built a monstrous death maze called the Lord's Labyrinth, which players can explore to become more powerful. How did Izaro honour the first champion who challenged the Labyrinth? D --
05:33 -- Game ^ Question 3: Atziri, Queen of the Vaal, had an interesting practice when she held the throne. Which of these things did she do to safeguard herself against assassins? C --
05:35 Driver Change ^ Ben takes over from Ian --
05:36 -- Game ^ Question 4: Ono-Goroshi is a very unusual unique sword that doesn't normally drop from enemies. It has to be obtained in a special way--how? B --
05:38 -- Game ^ Question 5: The August 2023 patch notes for the "Trial of Ancestors" league mentioned a bugfix related to what obscure mechanic? D --
05:38 05:39 Discussion ^ Fishing mechanics in PoE --
05:40 -- Game ^ Question 6: In the postgame after completing the campaign, players can explore the multiverse of "the Atlas", and encounter unspeakable cosmic horrors fighting for control of it. Which of the following entities is NOT part of this conflict? A --
05:41 -- Game ^ Question 7: In the Rogue Harbour, an engineer named Isla likes to sing while she works. Which of these songs can Isla sing during heists? A --
05:42 -- Game ^ Question 8: A set of a certain divination card can be exchanged for the unique item Mageblood, one of the rarest and most valuable items in the game. What real-life internet meme does this divination card reference? C --
05:43 -- Game ^ Question 9: The Path of Exile game servers were taken offline for maintenance at the beginning of November 2024 because of what bug introduced in the latest patch? C --
05:46 -- Shoutout ^ Shout Out the Cursed Cord/PoE community --
05:46 Background Music Something from Parappa the rapper --
05:46 05:47 Prize Info Explaining the current donation drive. Hand-drawn Map of Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Art Challenge Reminder --
05:46 05:47 Discussion Sequels to Musical Games from the 90s, and controllers --
05:48 -- Shoutout The Garages and Blaseball --
05:48 -- Physical Ian leaves some tokens for Zeta in the couch --
05:49 05:50 Discussion How about them Sports Teams? Teams is Bad
05:50 05:55 Video/Image Ben shows off his pets: Gus (cat), Remi (dog)
05:53 -- Meme ^ Garfield appears --
05:55 06:04 Physical Crew poses for art challenge reference photos
05:55 -- Physical ^ Ian turns --
05:55 -- Driver Change ^ Brett takes over driving so Ben can get scanned --
05:57 -- Technical ^ Microwave sound while Ben turns --
05:57 161:54 Supercut ^ Microwave - The SuperCut
05:57 -- Physical ^ Ben gets scanned --
05:58 -- Physical ^ Jordynne turns --
05:59 -- Physical ^ Andrew turns --
05:59 Background Music ??? --
06:00 06:02 Discussion Ben is Bengineering, so who is Tactical, Medical, and Command?
06:00 -- Discussion ^ Matt is ops --
06:00 -- Discussion ^ Ian is tactical: Tactic-Ian --
06:00 -- Discussion ^ Andrew is command: Commandrew --
06:01 -- Discussion ^ Jordynne is medical: Chief of Medicynne --
06:02 06:04 Discussion Gay Halloween and Esteban, niche costumes
06:04 Physical ^ Matt turns, proceeds to collapse --
06:04 Technical ^ Microwave sound while Matt turns --
06:05 Background Music ??? --
06:06 06:12 Discussion How to unlock the full song random dance party [✓]
06:08 -- Discussion ^ introducing the sheet of challenges --
06:08 -- Meltdown ^ Wiggins is a child... --
06:09 -- Discussion ^ List of challenges --
06:09 -- Video/Image ^ The challenges for the full RDP song --
06:11 -- Discussion ^ challenges can be marked off in the colour of the shift that does them --
06:16 06:19 Game RDP Challenge: Count to 20. Start over if you say the same number - Fail
06:17 -- Meltdown ^ failed at 20 --
06:18 Background Music ^ Jungle Japes remix (?) Donkey Kong --
06:18 06:19 Discussion ^ how to succeed at counting to 20 --
06:19 06:20 Discussion Matt's lucky number
06:20 -- Driver Change ^ Logan takes over from Brett --
06:20 06:20 Discussion ^ Andrew is not allowed to drive the bus for the rest of the night. Matt: "weaponized incompetence" --
06:21 06:24 Discussion The Bear looks like Beej, and is being made more so
06:24 -- Discussion ^ Matt poses The Bear like Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park --
06:25 06:33 Background Music Lofi Beats ??? --
06:26 -- Physical "That's Brett with a steel chair!"
06:26 06:29 Discussion Ben asks Would you rather? - in a cage vertical or horizontal bars?
06:26 -- Discussion ^ horizontal bars seem easier to escape from --
06:28 -- Discussion ^ The best/worst jail cell to be trapped in --
06:29 -- Discussion ^ Can Max pick diagonal? --
06:29 -- Discussion ^ Julie would like horizontal so she can pretend to be a happy little hamster --
06:29 06:59 Discussion Andrew raps with the kids, asking younger audience members (teens and early 20s) for questions they have on life
06:30 -- Technical ^ Swear Counter: 1 --
06:32 -- Discussion ^ Question 1: what do I do with my life? --
06:32 -- Discussion ^^ Andrew: its normal to know what to do, stay open to new ideas and new opportunities. Look for what you connect with. --
06:33 06:43 Background Music ^ Jazz/Lofi Beats ??? --
06:34 -- Discussion ^^ Matt: befriend people and get involved in shared activities --
06:34 -- Discussion ^^ Dezi: Don't look for a dream job but a dream role/opportunity --
06:36 -- Discussion ^ Question 2: how to make friends after moving? --
06:36 -- Discussion ^^ Andrew: Leave your comfort zone, but stay safe and comfortable. Get curious about interesting things or people around you. Don't feel the need to do things all at once or all at the same time. Set boundaries. On networking; stay in touch and help people --
06:37 -- Game Event ^ Bus stop --
06:37 -- Discussion ^^ Matt: Know what your interests are and find people/groups that share those interests. Network by offering to help those around you. --
06:38 -- Discussion ^^ Max: Network by exploring shared experiences/interests. --
06:42 -- Discussion ^ Question 3: as a kid, I love my dog/pet but don't want to take care of it? --
06:42 -- Discussion ^^ Andrew: Explain why/what parts you're struggling with and what you don't mind doing, and how you can trade (off) responsibilities. --
06:43 -- Driver Change ^ Ian tags in for Logan --
06:43 Background Music ^ Lofi beats??? --
06:44 -- Discussion ^^ Matt: Offer to split/trade off responsibilities at specific moments --
06:45 -- Discussion ^^ Jordynne: Consider how it will work in the long term --
06:46 -- Discussion ^^ Ben: Increase your enjoyment by multitasking, give yourself rewards. "Game-ify" responsibilities if it will help. --
06:48 -- Video/Image ^ Sad Keanu between Andrew's legs under chair --
06:49 -- Discussion ^ Question 4: What do I do when I feel sad or scared? --
06:50 -- Discussion ^^ Andrew: We are not taught be emotionally aware. Think about previous times you were sad or scared in the past. How did those feelings go away? Talk through your anxieties --
06:51 -- Discussion ^^ Ian: It's important to recognise that some things can't be helped --
06:52 -- Discussion ^^ Matt: Feeling angry, frustrated or scared is a normal thing. Men or masc presenting people have often be socialised to not be vulnerable or respond to anger in a toxic way so please seek help if you need it. --
06:55 -- Discussion ^^ Julie: Music, art and painting helped a lot. If you can't use your words, find other ways of expressing, or other people that can express for you. Keep trying. --
06:56 -- Discussion ^^ Jordynne: Writing, or journaling just to get things out of your head. --
06:56 -- Prank ^ the Bear subbed into Andrew's chair --
06:57 -- Discussion ^^ Ian: You're your own person. Not everything works for everyone. You might have to try a lot of different things before you find the thing that works for you --
07:00 08:06 Drive/Giveaway $5.03 Giveaway: Stream Deck with Custom Faceplate #1 - Raised $5266.41 Phosfur
07:02 07:04 Technical Clock Broken (Time Bussed and Bus Local) --
07:03 07:06 Discussion Overlay discussion, praise for the spinnies on the dollar numbers
07:03 -- Technical Overlay Praise counter up --
07:04 -- Technical Overlay Praise up x3 --
07:05 -- Discussion ^ Ben got away with a swear temporarily --
07:05 07:05 Physical ^ The Bear is moved to the shelf next to tv screen --
07:05 07:05 Discussion ^ Matt baits chat into swearing (sorry mods) --
07:06 -- Video/Image v Warning: incoming game - Night Watch got ReBooted --
07:06 -- Technical Keanu visible at the start of the Reboot video --
07:06 -- Driver Change PJ is driving, formerly Ian --
07:08 07:57 Game Night Watch plays Monikers Safety Squad: 130, Anti-Safety Squad: 136
07:08 -- Shoutout ^ Raiders from Tayelle and SaijaVT --
07:08 7:10 Discussion ^ Ben explains the setup and rules - Round 1 say as many words as you want as long as it's not the answer on card. Round 2 use only 1 word as a clue to the card. Round 3: Charades. Cards are the same for all 3 rounds --
07:11 -- Discussion ^ Team 1 Safety Squad: Andrew, Dezi, Ian Team 2 Anti-Safety safety squad: Ben, Matt, Jordynne --
07:12 -- Game ^ Round 1 (Don't say any words that are part of the answer) Safety Squad: 45, Anti-Safety Squad: 48 --
07:12 -- Game ^^ (Ben): In a world, head shoulders knees and toes, AT-ATs, fidget spinners, Al Pacino, Mr. Bean, Derek Zoolander, Kangaroo, spicy meatball --
07:13 -- Meme ^^ Thwomp Urgh used for timer ending --
07:14 -- Game ^^ (Ian): Somebody once told me, obsessive compulsive disorder, silence, Yoda, streaking, Mystery Science Theater, ghillie suits, Goldilocks, Old Yeller, Lorem Ipsum --
07:15 -- Meme ^^ Wilhelm scream used for timer ending --
07:16 -- Game ^^ (Matt): A bad dog, Jane Doe, Duck Duck Goose, glamping --
07:17 -- Meme ^^ All-Star "Some" used for timer ending --
07:17 -- Game ^^ (Dezi): Tony Hawk, Q-Tips, Murder of Crows --
07:18 -- Meme ^^ ~WOW~ used for timer ending --
07:19 -- Game ^^ (Jordynne): Judas, Lando, thought bubble, The Birthday Song --
07:20 -- Meme ^^ "SPICY!" used for timer ending --
07:21 -- Game ^^ (Andrew): Ace Ventura, Sabrina the teenage witch, She sells seashells, Pig with apple in mouth, Strong Bad, underwear in vending machine --
07:21 -- Meme ^^ MGS "!" used for timer ending --
07:21 -- Burn! ^ "You hate him on the internet" "Jordan Hopkins" --
07:22 -- Game ^^ (Ben): 2nd law of thermodynamics, Bernie Sanders, guy who threw shoe at George Bush, pop-up ads, Mikhail Gorbachev --
07:23 Game ^^ (Ian): Restless Leg Syndrome --
07:23 -- Meme ^^ FF victory music for end of round --
07:24 -- Game ^ Round 2 (One Word Only) Safety Squad: 41, Anti-Safety Squad: 39 --
07:24 07:25 Prize Info ^ Giveaway reminder for Stream Deck and the Art challenge --
07:25 -- Game ^^ (Dezi): Singing (happy birthday song), Japan (panties in vending machine), Tongue Twister (she sells sea shells), Barbeque (roast pig with an apple in it's mouth), Shrek (somebody once told me) --
07:26 -- Meme ^^ Rimshot used for timer ending --
07:26 -- Game ^^ (Ben): Heat (Second Law of Thermodynamics), Quack (duck duck goose), Projectile (shoe at Bush), Once (Bernie Sanders), Forehead (gorbachev), Intro (in a world) Sniper (ghillie suit), camping (glamping), Email (Strong Bad) --
07:28 -- Meme ^^ BACK TO THE PIT used for timer ending --
07:28 -- Game ^^ (Andrew): Servo (MST3K), bird (murder of crows), Text (lorem ipsum), Dog (bad dog) - returned, Naked (streaking), Ears (Q-Tip) --
07:29 -- Meme ^^ NANI? used for timer ending --
07:29 -- Discussion ^^ Put "bad dog" back in because "dog" was part of the clue word --
07:30 -- Game ^^ (Matt): Unrecognisable (Tony Hawk), Jesus (Judas), Walker (AT-AT) --
07:31 -- Meme ^^ Crab rave note used for timer ending --
07:31 -- Game ^^ (Ian): Legume (Mr. Bean), Bears (Goldilocks), Advertisement (pop-up ad), Witch (Sabrina), Han Solo (Lando Calrissian), Ants (Zoolander), Pets (Old Yeller), Leg (Restless leg syndrome) --
07:32 -- Meme ^^ Beej Drop used for timer ending --
07:32 -- Discussion ^^ Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Restless Leg returned --
07:33 -- Game ^^ (Jordynne): Dog (Old Yeller), Quiet (silence), Italian (spicy meatball), Luke (Yoda), Fidgeting (restless leg), Salem (Sabrina), Australia (Kangaroo), Detective (Ace Ventura), Unidentified (Jane Doe) --
07:34 -- Meme ^^ Dog of Wisdom "Ba" used for timer ending --
07:34 -- Game ^^ (Dezi): Comic (thought bubble), Newspaper (bad dog), Godfather (Al Pacino) --
07:35 -- Meme ^^ OH YEAH (Yello Song, aka end of Ferris Bueller) used for timer ending --
07:35 -- Game ^^ (Ben): Body Parts (Head shoulders knees toes), OCD (obsessive compulsive), Toy (fidget spinner) --
07:36 -- Discussion ^ Ian side-eyes Ben using "OCD" for "Obsessive Compulsive Syndrome"; Ben counters that Ian used exactly that for the same prompt --
07:38 -- Discussion ^ someone miscounted last round for the scores --
07:39 -- Game ^ Round 3 (Charades) Safety Squad: 46, Anti-Safety Squad: 47 --
07:39 -- Game ^^ (Ben): Zoolander, bad dog, Al Pacino, Q-Tip, murder of crows, guy who threw shoe at Bush --
07:40 -- Meme ^^ Thwomp Urgh used for timer ending --
07:41 -- Game ^^ (Ian): Tony Hawk, Yoda, Bernie Sanders, head shoulders knees toes --
07:42 -- Meme ^^ Wilhelm scream used for timer ending --
07:42 -- Meltdown ^ Ian inhaled the strings on the hat he is wearing --
07:42 -- Game ^^ (Matt): In a world, somebody once told me --
07:43 -- Meme ^^ All-Star "Some" used for timer ending --
07:44 -- Shoutout ^ Raiders from Shiro_4425 --
07:44 -- Game ^^ (Dezi): pop-up ads, duck duck goose, ghillie suit --
07:45 -- Meme ^^ MGS "!" used for timer ending --
07:46 -- Game ^^ (Jordynne): glamping, obsessive-compulsive, Judas, Mr. Bean, thought bubble, happy birthday song --
07:47 -- Meme ^^ Dog of Wisdom "Ha baba da ga ba" used for timer ending --
07:48 -- Game ^^ (Andrew): MST3K, restless leg syndrome, pig with apple in mouth, fidget spinner, streaking, spicy meatball, silence, underwear vending machine --
07:49 -- Meme ^^ WOW~ used for timer ending --
07:50 -- Game ^^ (Ben): Goldilocks, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jane Doe, AT-AT, Strong Bad --
07:51 -- Meme ^^ [inaudible] used for timer ending --
07:51 -- Meltdown ^ Table loses it over Ben's charades of Strongbad --
07:52 -- Shoutout ^ Raiders from KiraAvari --
07:52 -- Game ^^ (Ian): 2nd law of thermodynamics, Old Yeller, Lorem Ipsum, Lando Calrissian --
07:53 -- Meme ^^ Rimshot used for timer ending --
07:54 -- Game ^^ (Matt): she sells seashells --
07:55 -- Meme ^^ Crab rave note used for timer ending --
07:55 -- Shoutout ^ Raiders from ScottDerg and Abra --
07:55 -- Game ^^ (Dezi): Ace Ventura, Sabrina the teenage witch --
07:57 -- Prize Info ^ 5 mins left on giveaway for stream deck --
07:58 -- Discussion ^ Back to the studio, where nobody is --
07:58 -- Photos Kolin does a photo drop --
08:00 -- Prize Info check out silent auctions if you want your own small Ian --
07:59 08:00 RDP RDP: Pretty Great - Fickle Friends
08:01 08:09 Discussion DB 2025 Merch and other housekeeping --
08:03 -- Poster ^ Poster update --
08:04 -- Discussion ^ DB 2025 Shirt at fangamer --
08:00 08:25 Physical Dezi sitting on the couch with the Bear's arm around his shoulder --
08:05 08:06 Technical False start on Stream Deck giveaway drawing --
08:07 -- Poster ^^^ close up of poster update --
08:08 -- Discussion ^^^ zooming in on poster reveals Whale Plaid watermark-esque texture --
08:09 08:15 Skit Night Watch's Message to Dawn Guard - Night'Cap Day 1
08:10 -- Discussion ^ Ben asks if it has to be things that happened --
08:11 -- Discussion ^ Jordynne "that changes everything" ominously --
08:12 -- Discussion ^ Ben update: Jordynne ate Matt via unhinging jaw. Asks: "which of your shift members would you eat?" --
08:12 -- Discussion ^ Volunteer coordinator got in touch with Tony Hawk, came by but no one noticed, funny that. Engineering had to photoshop a skateboard on before anyone recognized him. --
08:13 -- Discussion ^ Matt didn't know who Strongbad was --
08:14 -- Discussion ^ Ian became one with the Luchador Force --
08:14 -- Discussion ^ 18-hour game of Risk, which required a pocket dimension for the time spent --
08:14 -- Discussion ^ Everyone became fruit --
08:15 -- Discussion ^ "The bus didn't even crash once. Not even twice within the first 10 minutes of the shift. And Andrew is an amazing driver" --
08:16 08:17 Discussion Beej forgot to turn off the overnight heating
08:18 08:25 Skit The Big Cheese-Chan (voiced by Ian) [✓]
08:18 08:25 Video/Image Cheese-chan VTuber on right side of screen --
08:18 -- Discussion ^ Jordynne: What's your lactose content? --
08:19 -- Discussion ^ Ben: What's your first memory? --
08:20 -- Discussion ^ Peej: You ever go rolling down a hill? --
08:20 -- Discussion ^ Matt: Is Cheese-Chan parmesan or asiago? --
08:21 08:25 Background Music ^ Splatoon 3 - Squid Sisters - Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today --
08:21 -- Discussion ^ The ladybug from earlier is alive apparently --
08:23 -- Discussion ^ Matt: Can you show us an "asiago" face? --
08:23 -- Discussion ^ Ben: Who's that holding you? --
08:24 -- Discussion ^ Ben: Are you single? --
08:25 -- Discussion ^ Ben: Can you give some advice for the youth? --
08:26 -- Physical Ian sits on the Bear --
08:26 08:27 Discussion Eating Cheese-Chan, and other 'sentient' foods --
08:28 08:31 Physical Ben slow dances with the Bear [✓]
08:28 08:31 Background Music something by Michael Buble --
08:31 08:33 Discussion Discussing how the shift has gone and enticing to donate for another Count to 20 RDP Challenge attempt --
08:33 08:34 Discussion New Overlay and Phishing Matt
08:34 -- Discussion ^ Matt reads off ISO, completing a non-announced challenge --
08:35 08:39 Video/Image Sad Keanu on co pilots desk corner --
08:37 -- Discussion Andrew has accepted a challenge for future Night Watch and hopes to remember it. "Microwave Minute" --
08:38 -- Promo Jordan Hopkins will be on Night Watch tomorrow. Double Jordan/Jordynne shenanigans --
08:40 08:42 Discussion Ian suggests chat should make a test donation --
08:41 -- PSA You can request an email for notifications when giveaways and silent auctions start, You can also get an email notification for when the craftalong opens --
08:43 08:47 Art Challenge Results Runners up and Winner of the Gush Night Watch art challenge
08:43 -- Video/Image ^ Honorable Mention 1: Watermelon Andrew James, Age 9 (she/her) --
08:43 Background Music ^ ??? --
08:43 -- Video/Image ^ Honorable Mention 2: Banana Maple Sedangogh Studios --
08:44 -- Video/Image ^ Honorable Mention 3 Rhys, Age 9 (they/them) --
08:44 -- Video/Image ^ Honorable Mention 4: Five Night Watch members + Maple Jubilee, Age 12 --
08:45 -- Video/Image ^ Honorable Mention 4: Blueberry Ian Liam --
08:46 -- Video/Image ^ 3rd place: Night Gush VirtueTheCat aka Summer --
08:46 -- Discussion ^^ Night Gush WAS discussed in the pre-run meeting and shot down; now it's come naturally. --
08:46 -- Video/Image ^ 2nd place: Gush in suits Abbs --
08:47 -- Video/Image ^ 1st place: Night watch fruit gush 2025 T.Currie Art aka Taylor --
08:48 -- PSA ^ Winner of the art challenge should email prizes@desertbus.org --
08:49 -- Prize Info ^ Loot Box: DBfH 2019 Photobook and DBfH 2019 Pinny Arcade pin --
08:49 -- Game Event Bug Splat --
08:50 08:51 Discussion Ben talking about being on other shifts --
08:51 -- Shoutout NotThatWillSmith raids! --
08:53 08:54 Skit Ian Pump It Up (slightly)
08:53 -- Shoutout ^ AliceDollVT raids! --
08:54 09:01 Discussion Night Watch Show Recommendations
08:54 -- Discussion ^ Andrew show recs: Land Man, The Pitt --
08:56 -- Discussion ^ Ben is watching The Acolyte --
08:57 -- Discussion ^^ complaints about the writing of recent Star Wars shows --
09:00 -- Discussion ^ Jordynne is watching Survivor. Someone got bitten by a snake for the first time in a long time --
09:01 09:01 Burn! "I'd like to see you work this shift" Beej off stage to all of Night Watch --
09:01 09:01 Discussion Outgoing Shift Introductions and Sign off --
09:01 -- Shift Change Zeta Shift Day 1
09:01 09:02 Music Jock Jams Megamix --
09:01 -- Enter/Exit Zeta Enters --
09:02 09:04 Discussion Greeting and saying goodbye to Night Watch, hugs ongoing
09:02 -- Driver Change Paul takes the wheel from Peej --
09:03 -- Discussion ^ Ben introduces Beej to Bearj --
09:02 09:04 Physical ^ Jordynne and Matthews hug for an uncomfortably long time and break down laughing --
09:03 -- Physical ^ Ian shows Paul how the RDP crank works --
09:04 09:06 Roll Call Beej (he/him), Matthews (they/them), David (he/they), Cori (she/her), Sarah (she/her), Paul (he/him), Shawn (he/him), Emmanuel (He/They), Boomer (she/they)
09:05 09:06 Discussion Start of shift we do what? Introductions, Room -> Engineering --
09:06 09:07 Physical Rotate the cushions! Putting Change INTO the couch. --
09:06 09:07 Background Music ^ Find The Letters 1 - Simon Etchell and Guests --
09:07 09:13 PSA BeejSA Day 1
09:08 09:12 Background Music ^ ZZZ Idle Music --
09:12 09:45 Background Music Mii Channel Music --
09:13 09:15 Discussion New bits for the BeejSA, the remind me on giveaways and silent auctions --
09:15 14:20 Drive/Giveaway Art Challenge: Dose of Good Luck Charm for Zeta (Zeta Shift Good Luck Charm) SetraLynn
09:15 09:18 Discussion ^ Beej describes the Art Challenge - A Zeta Good Luck Charm --
09:18 -- Burn! ^ DO NOT SEND PRIZES AUDIO OF YOU BREATHING INTO A PHONE --
09:18 09:19 Discussion Beej sends his heart beat to people via Apple Watch --
09:20 09:26 Prize Info Overview of the giveaways occuring during Zeta shift - R.E.P.O. Semi Bots, Driver Cam Lightbox, D&D Domination Set --
09:23 -- Discussion Are we fans of desert bus? --
09:26 11:29 Drive/Giveaway $8.20 Giveaway: Crocheted Desert Bus Shift R.E.P.O Semi Bots - Raised $1705.50 eDRoaCH
09:27 09:27 Physical Rolling Dice for Giveaway amounts --
09:28 09:29 Discussion How coming up with numbers is only semi-random --
09:29 09:35 Discussion Challenging Zeta, Rules of Engagement.
09:30 -- Shoutout ^ Paul's List of songs: https://somewhatnifty.com/dbsongs.html Thanks Mods --
09:31 -- Discussion ^ What songs are on Paul's list? Retaining or removing songs? --
09:32 -- Discussion ^ David has a Piano again, suggestions in the challenge system, --
09:33 -- Discussion ^ Beej went looking for music to play himself this year, wasn't entirely successful. --
09:35 09:44 Discussion "The Real Book" and information survival.
09:38 -- Physical ^ David shows off their copy of "The Real Book" (6th Edition) on Table/Document Cam --
09:38 -- Enter/Exit ^ Kai (The "Youtube Thumbnail guy") --
09:39 -- Discussion ^ Paul attended Victoria Nautical song circle --
09:40 -- Discussion ^ Tells story about a songbook they'd produced that no longer has a source file because of Microsoft Word formatting changes --
09:41 -- Discussion ^ Beej's spread files of his song collection --
09:42 -- Discussion ^ The internet isn't forever, because storage costs money --
09:44 09:51 Discussion Full Song Meta Challenges (Not a contest between shifts)
09:45 10:14 Background Music ^ ??? (Mario Kart ?) --
09:47 -- Discussion ^ what challenges can Zeta do. How can we game the challenges to our advantage? --
09:48 -- Discussion ^ Engineering says that they are the ones who have to be convinced that it counts --
09:48 09:48 Technical NASA cam shots of engineering on back TV --
09:48 -- Discussion ^ Beej realizes all they have to do is bribe Engineering to press the buttons --
09:48 09:51 Video/Image Sad Keanu on shelf --
09:48 10:18 Achievement RDP Challenge: Paul is driving the bus upside down (by turning the controller over) - Success
09:49 09:51 Discussion Blenders! Engineering will need earnest effort to mark challenge as complete. --
09:50 09:51 Discussion ^ Boomer calls out Zeta over their interpretation of driving the bus upside down --
09:49 09:49 Technical Curse counter go up --
09:52 09:54 Achievement RDP Challenge: Sort people in studio by height - Success
09:54 -- Meme ^ Final Fantasy victory fanfare --
09:54 -- Shoutout Fangamer black friday deals --
09:54 10:18 Video/Image Sad Keanu on back shelf (under TV) --
09:55 09:56 Discussion Is it Black Friday? Who knows!
09:57 09:58 Physical Beej chalks the board
09:58 10:05 Discussion Languages are the Wurst.
10:00 -- Discussion ^ there is no future tense for Japanese --
10:01 -- Discussion ^ German Sausage idioms --
10:01 -- Discussion ^ Did Johnny swear at everyone in German? "Schweinhund" (Pig Dog) --
10:04 -- Discussion ^ Recency of insults --
10:03 -- Discussion ^ "Under Hempel's sofa" meaning a messy place. Knew someone with the surname of Hempel once, and their sofa was fine. --
10:05 10:08 Discussion Placeholder names - John Doe, keeping up with the Joneses
10:07 -- Discussion ^ Suing people you don't know in France. Confusion about X meaning "unknown additional people" vs the site formerly known as Twitter --
10:08 10:10 Discussion The front fell off, being concerned the joke wouldn't land. --
10:08 -- Shoutout LoadingReadyRun Discord - discord.gg/lrr --
10:10 10:19 Discussion Learning new Languages, The Owl commands
10:11 -- Discussion ^ Boomer is using Duolingo to not forget Russian --
10:11 -- Discussion ^ Kai is running from the owl after losing their 200 day streak --
10:12 -- Discussion ^ Kai also learned English from doing total immersion (no German at all) while living in Victoria for a year --
10:13 -- Discussion ^ Dreaming in other languages --
10:14 10:25 Background Music ^ ??? --
10:14 -- Discussion ^ Cori learns new languages by eavesdropping on tourists, and suffered from dreams in made up languages --
10:15 -- Discussion ^ Kai also lived in Japan for a year and learned some basic conversation vocab --
10:16 -- Discussion ^ The Swiss have fun with 4 languages, best if both people speak with the language they are most comfortable --
10:17 -- Discussion ^ How Beej learned French, being a polyglot. --
10:19 -- Video/Image RDP Challenge Bingo card on screen (Completion of Driving Upside Down) --
10:19 -- Meme ^ Final Fantasy victory fanfare --
10:20 10:21 Discussion Peej announces less than $15k to $12million Lifetime --
10:21 10:24 Prize Info Silent Auctions: Pickle Ian --
10:22 -- PSA Beej explains the new silent auction format (Vickrey auctions) --
10:23 -- Meme Oh Yeah --
10:24 10:27 Discussion Beej bid on an electric toothbrush as a kid and other school events --
10:24 10:26 Video/Image ^ Pickle Ian on couch - "They don't fight crime, they start crime!" [✓]
10:25 -- Game Event ^ Bus Stop get! (Paul) --
10:25 -- Physical ^ Kai makes The Bear glare at Pickle Ian --
10:26 10:27 Discussion v Gambling in schools --
10:26 10:43 Background Music ??? --
10:27 -- Technical Swear counter increases (8) --
10:27 10:33 Discussion Going to the casino, fake money or otherwise, makes Matthews anxious.
10:31 -- Technical ^ Johnny Mic 5ed --
10:31 -- Story ^ Johnny's Vegas casino story, went home a winner with $1.25 --
10:32 -- Discussion ^ Paul's casino story --
10:33 10:55 Game Can Beej order Zeta Shift from Youngest to Oldest? ???
10:35 10:38 Video/Image ^ Sad Keanu on Creepy Doll --
10:36 -- Meltdown ^ Matthews Swear and rough handling of Bear --
10:36 -- Physical ^ Kai checks The Bear for an age tag --
10:38 -- Discussion ^ Setting up the logic puzzle for Beej, determining each person's hint. --
10:43 -- Discussion ^ Beej returns after 3 minute discussion, Cori being VERY HELPFUL --
10:44 11:03 Background Music ^ Accumula Town - Pokemon --
10:45 -- Meltdown ^ Cori hurt at suggestion of being *clearly* the oldest person in the room. --
10:46 -- Discussion ^ Beej begins ordering everyone from youngest to oldest. Without any hints --
10:47 -- Meltdown ^ David's hint: There are three people tied for second oldest. *Beej screams into hands* --
10:47 -- Discussion ^ Sarah's hint: Sarah and Matthews are 3 years apart --
10:47 -- Discussion ^ Peej's hint: The youngest person is 25 --
10:48 -- Discussion ^ Cori's hint: I was alive during the time of star trek voyager --
10:50 -- Physical ^ Kai moves to Cori's other side because she's too old and infirm to move --
10:50 -- Discussion ^ Boomer's hint: I am the same age as someone else and we also share something really obvious --
10:51 -- Discussion ^ Matthews hint: David is older than I am --
10:52 -- Discussion ^ Beej guesses and gets it wrong --
10:52 -- Discussion ^ who is the same age: PJ, Shaun, Ego --
10:53 -- Discussion ^ Beej thinks he knows Cori's real age and is wrong (which is irrelevant to the puzzle anyway) --
10:54 -- Discussion ^ Beej was correct about Paul being the oldest --
10:54 -- Discussion ^ Beej is stuck on the lack of logic in the puzzle --
10:56 10:57 Discussion When Beej was still attending cons he kept getting older, but everybody else stayed the same age.
10:57 -- Prize Info Giveaway 2 minute reminder for R.E.P.O. Semi Bots --
10:58 10:59 Discussion Cori: "I have a question Beej. How long we known each other?"
10:59 11:00 Discussion Beej : "Can we do this?" about a challenge to have chat post cursed-but-bus-safe comic panels --
11:00 -- Prize Info REPO donation drive is closed, 5 minute cooldown before we can draw --
11:01 11:15 Reading Performing Chapter 10 of 17776 Rubik
11:01 11:25 Video/Image ^ Sad Keanu in front of tv --
11:15 11:21 Discussion Beej expands on 17776 & 20020
11:15 11:23 Background Music ^ Wii Sports --
11:18 -- Discussion ^ Kai asks if there is any actual football (aka soccer) ever mentioned --
11:20 -- Discussion ^ being immortal isn't that great, the movie eXistenZ --
11:21 -- Discussion ^ Paul's father attempted to encourage Paul to use his literal power washer after seeing Paul playing it. --
11:21 11:24 Discussion Beej wants to do more of the RDP Challenges
11:24 -- Technical Wheel overlay is broke - Beej broke it --
11:24 11:25 Achievement RDP Challenge: As a group count to 20 with eyes closed - Success
11:25 -- Meme ^ Final Fantasy victory fanfare --
11:26 11:29 Discussion How counting makes you feel as a group
11:27 -- Discussion ^ Cori: Hey Beej you like sleep, counting sheep how high have you gotten? --
11:28 -- Discussion ^ Aphantasia, can you visualise an apple in your head? --
11:29 -- Technical Trying to draw for the REPO again, it fails --
11:29 11:30 Technical The Wheel is fine, Everything is Fine.
11:29 -- Meltdown ^ Everyone breaks over the randomness of the wheel --
11:30 11:33 Discussion How the prizes are randomly drawn
11:31 -- Discussion ^ A Wall of Lava lamps does NOT help, but we want one. --
11:31 12:03 Background Music ^ Mii Channel Music --
11:32 -- Discussion ^ Paul assures everyone that the drawing of a winner is indeed random it was just a visual glitch --
11:33 13:09 Drive/Giveaway $6.53 Giveaway: Driver Cam Lightbox - Raised $1,162.34 NullColaShip
11:34 11:36 Discussion Experiencing Ian, even when he is away.
11:38 -- Discussion $70,952.81 to tick over into $12 million lifetime --
11:38 11:38 Discussion Scoragami Giveaway values, Beej resists looking into it. --
11:38 -- Prize Info New Silent auction. Dandelion the Rainbow Chocobo --
11:40 11:41 Discussion Where is the Chocobo from --
11:41 -- Meme Metal Gear Solid Alert! Solid Snake! --
11:41 12:02 Discussion Beej wish to be loved back... by Silksong.
11:43 -- Discussion ^ Beej hangs from a chin-up bar a few times a day, helps with the muscle cramps --
11:44 -- Discussion ^ Beej gets to play Yakuza as a reward for completing Silksong --
11:44 -- Discussion ^ David appreciates quality-of-life improvements in Metroidvanias like markers for things to come back to --
11:45 -- Discussion ^^ Paul also appreciates this and has recently experienced this while playing "Prince of Persia the Lost Crown" --
11:47 -- Discussion ^ Silksong is a very well made game --
11:48 -- Discussion ^ Beej appreciates how Metroid: Dread makes him feel like he's learned and grown over the course of the game --
11:51 -- Game Event ^ Point get (Paul) - First time he's gotten the first point since DB1 --
11:51 -- Discussion ^ David talking about power curves in Dark Souls games --
11:53 -- Discussion ^ Beej appreciates how good Heather is at games like Hades --
11:54 11:54 Game Event ^ Bus Stop (Paul) --
11:55 -- Technical ^ Swear counter increases (9) --
11:57 -- Discussion ^ Paul talking about how Hades subtly nudges you into doing better, which helps him keep feeling like he's making progress --
11:58 -- Discussion ^ Beej playing Sakuza, running around doing "Yakuza game things" sudden late game mechanics change --
12:00 -- Discussion ^ Yakuza: "Would you like to lower the difficulty?" Beej: "YES!!!!" --
12:01 -- Discussion ^ Forza: "You're winning easily, would you like to increase the difficulty?" David: "NO?!?" --
12:02 12:11 Discussion Do you have secret "Goblin snacks" ?
12:03 -- Discussion ^ David has a snack drawer with chocolate in it --
12:05 -- Discussion ^ Matthews: canned tuna with a lot of mayo, capers and fritos --
12:06 -- Discussion ^ Paul: Goats cheese with Pinot beans? --
12:06 -- Discussion ^ Paul: is fresh Dijon Mustard on baked Potato weird? --
12:07 -- Discussion ^^Paul: Paul's grandfather used to make his own mustard --
12:08 -- Discussion ^ plain yoghurt with fruit, or honey --
12:09 -- Discussion ^ Ian was eating greek yogurt from the tub --
12:09 -- Video/Image ^ Sad keanu --
12:10 12:39 🗣️ Keep Talking 🧱💥 💥 Keep Talking and Nobody Bricksplodes💥 Part 1: 🗣️ Beej reads, 🧱 Travis builds Stopped after Step 11
12:11 12:11 Physical ^ Cori enters with a Brick --
12:11 -- Enter/Exit ^ Travis from Child's Play comes in for "The Bit" (Keep Talking and No One Bricksplodes) --
12:12 -- Video/Image Keep Talking and No One Bricksplodes splash screen --
12:33 12:39 Video/Image Sad Keanu on TV behind Travis --
12:40 12:42 Discussion Uncare Bear
12:41 -- Discussion ^ Bear was hiding on a dark corner on Studio C in several costumes before Desert Bus --
12:42 13:23 Background Music Star Rail OST: --
12:42 -- Prize Info Giveaway: Driver cam lightbox --
12:43 12:44 Discussion A Monument to Desert Bus' Folly
12:43 12:45 Prize Info The Art challenge continues, Create a Luck Charm for Zeta --
12:45 12:47 Discussion Driver Information Update, it's still Gunner --
12:47 -- Discussion Mathews references Going Postal, and immortality --
12:48 12:48 Discussion We are getting close to the 12m Lifetime total --
12:48 13:08 Creative Boomer, Matthews, Sarah, and David construct the base Zeta Totem
12:48 12:50 Physical ^ Items are brought to the document camera area for constructing the totem --
12:49 -- Technical ^ There's a laptop in the table area for "flappy mouth things" --
12:50 12:51 Discussion ^ Zeta discusses the validity of opinions being like a human spine --
12:51 -- Burn! ^ "Why am I not smarter than this spool of ribbon" - Boomer --
12:52 13:08 Video/Image ^ Sad keanu sits at the front of the table --
12:54 -- Physical ^ Matthews blows into the very small flared base. --
12:55 -- Burn! ^ "So we're building a time bomb?" --
12:55 -- Discussion ^ Sarah/Boomer notices Tiny Keanu at the front of the table --
12:56 -- Discussion ^ Recalling Tubert from 2024, Don't remember that it was 12 months ago --
12:56 -- Meltdown ^ "Guess I don't care about male tubes" --
12:57 -- Discussion ^ "Would you like a questionable one?" --
12:59 13:02 Discussion ^ Boomer's favorite colour is actually green
13:00 -- Discussion ^ Boomer and Matthews discuss about the trials and tribulations of dyeing hair --
13:01 -- Discussion ^ Trying and or using color depositing conditioner. --
13:02 13:04 Discussion ^ How many horns is too many for a unicorn? --
13:07 -- Discussion ^ Video of The Count from sesame street but it's inappropriately censored is funny --
13:07 -- Game Event Bus Stop --
13:10 14:42 Drive/Giveaway $6.43 Giveaway for: The D&D Domination Set - Raised $3555.79 Mistaken
13:14 13:21 PSA Travis promotes and talks about the purpose of Child's Play, attempting to normalise childrens visit to hospital
13:10 13:10 Physical ^ The Bear reappears, in a new outfit - Luchador mask, shorts, and drawn on abs --
13:18 -- Discussion ^ Travis reassures chat that Child's Play doesn't "put people in hospital" --
13:21 13:27 Creative Cori presents the monument/totem that has apparently deflated from a puncture hole (included in the building of the totem creative line above) --
13:22 -- Meltdown ^ General disappointment and sadness, keep adding bits that'll fix it. --
13:24 -- Video/Image "Who's that Pokemon?" --
13:24 -- Creative ^ Adjusting the Totem Build Strategy --
13:24 13:34 Background Music ??? --
13:26 13:34 Story As a child Beej's visit to the paediatric unit with a broken hip.
13:27 -- Story ^ how Child's Play started in a garage by Penny Arcade out of spite. --
13:28 -- PSA ^ Travis mentions the Therapeutic Video Game Guide website (https://childsplaycharity.org/guide) --
13:28 13:36 Video/Image ^ Snoopy laying on the couch --
13:29 -- PSA ^ Travis talking about Booger Blaster, a therapeutic game --
13:31 -- Discussion ^ Beej's experience with PT as a kid in hospital, visiting the forbidden areas --
13:32 -- PSA ^ Travis talks about how Minecraft is used to get kids excited about walking around the hospital --
13:34 13:37 Creative The Zeta totem is completed, names are discussed (included in the building of the totem creative line above) --
13:37 -- Enter/Exit Andre arrives early for DG --
13:37 13:38 Prize Info Art challenge reminder --
13:38 13:39 Discussion Andre's sudden appearance has given Paul the idea to replace The Bear with someone in a bodysuit --
13:39 13:43 Creative Unveiling of the totem, named "Impermanence" --
13:39 13:40 Music 2001: A Space Odyssey Theme/Also Sprach Zarathustra --
13:41 -- Physical ^ Cori threatens Impermanence with a brick. Re: Monkey with Skull
13:41 -- Discussion ^ The point of the totem is for the shifts to continually add to the totem as the run goes on --
13:42 -- Burn! ^ with a note "Not Garbage" --
13:43 13:44 Prize Info Art challenge reminder "Zeta Good Luck Charm" --
13:44 -- Physical Everyone have a drink --
13:44 13:46 Prize Info Silent Auction reminder: Dandelion the Rainbow Chocobo --
13:46 -- Discussion Beej's contact lenses are beginning to fog over --
13:46 13:48 Discussion Challenge: Please give your worst home remedies
13:48 13:49 Discussion Beej: Paul do you know the sea shanty "Heave Away" ?
13:48 -- Discussion ^ Paul does - challenge completed --
13:49 13:52 Song Paul sings South Australia
13:50 13:52 Video/Image Tiny Keanu on Paul's left shoulder --
13:53 13:53 Discussion Travis mentions a sea shanty panel at PAX Australia
13:53 13:53 Discussion The name "Heave away" could refer to many shanties --
13:53 13:54 Meme Beej challenged to perform "the VST will know, they will know" to the camera
13:54 13:54 Prize Info Giveaway reminder fo D&D Dominion Set --
13:55 13:55 Video/Image Snoopy laying on the TV Shelf --
13:55 14:01 Reading Beej speed reads Lone Wolf: Flight from the Dark to Paul from a random point, how quickly can they succeed or die.
13:56 14:01 Background Music Yakety Sax --
14:03 14:16 Background Music Accumula Town - Pokemon --
14:03 14:10 Discussion CYOA book stories
14:05 -- Discussion ^ Paul recalls the mad old man who bit Adam and levers are secretly swords --
14:05 -- Discussion ^ Travis recalls the CYOA book "The Lost Treasures of Djibouti" --
14:06 -- Discussion ^ Retrieving and showing the Desert Bus CYOA book to Travis --
14:07 -- Discussion ^ Paul talks about competitive CYOA --
14:08 -- Discussion ^ Mazes in CYOA books are impossible to keep track of --
14:09 -- Driver Change ^ Beej takes over the wheel from Paul --
14:09 -- Discussion ^ Travis successfully crashed the bus (in CYOA). --
14:10 -- Discussion ^ Has anyone actually played the Desert Bus CYOA through to a point? --
14:11 14:17 Discussion David has noticed the Stream Deck on back shelf. Do the buttons do anything?
14:12 -- Discussion ^ CYOA irl, would you like to push buttons or feed coins to the box? --
14:12 -- Physical ^ David tries the Top Right button.... Top Left Button.... The deck wants us to press the small "Z" --
14:14 -- Discussion ^ We have established a loop --
14:15 -- Physical ^ David brings the stream deck to the front of the stage --
14:16 -- Video/Image ^ Freshy mistakes Zeta as Night Watch; Freshy's message for Night Watch is replayed --
14:17 14:18 Discussion What happens when we put a coin in the box?
14:18 14:19 RDP RDP: CTRL + ALT + DEL - Rêve
14:19 -- Physical ^ The Totem is presented during the RDP --
14:19 14:20 Discussion What do you get when you fold 1000 cranes? --
14:20 14:24 Art Challenge Results Zeta Luck Charm art challenge runner up and winner
14:20 -- Video/Image ^ Runner up: JPriceLegendary (looping dragon charm representing the rotating of the cushions) --
14:21 -- Video/Image ^ Winner: SetraLynn (Zeta Omamori) --
14:23 -- Video/Image ^ The loot for the winner: DB 7 Photo Book & DB 2024 Keychain||Pin --
14:23 14:24 Discussion Reminiscing on Moonbase Mk3 "Good Times" --
14:24 14:25 Discussion Winners will sometimes not get in touch to receive their prize, this is where the art challenge swag came from --
14:25 14:28 PSA store.desertbus.org for your Desert Bus merch and shirt.desertbus.org for your DB shirt --
14:28 -- Discussion ^ one day Beej will know which size shirt everyone needs by using all the microphones in peoples houses --
14:28 14:33 Video/Image Sad Keanu appears sitting next to bear on couch --
14:29 -- Discussion ^ Google released a router with suspiciously more processing power than it needs --
14:31 14:32 Discussion ^ Story about Beej's dad buying routers --
14:33 -- Discussion ^ Paul's parents also needed wifi tech support. Must be a faraday cage in the walls. --
14:34 14:41 Discussion Challenge: Beej describe "A Man's Romance" without mentioning the key piece of furniture
14:34 14:42 Background Music ??? --
14:34 -- Physical ^ Cori overly exaggerated reactions over Beej's shoulder. --
14:34 -- Video/Image Sad Keanu briefly appears and disappears from Beej's shoulder --
14:38 -- Discussion ^ Where did "A Man's Romance" come from? --
14:40 -- Discussion ^ Cori isn't sure why she started receiving @'s of various Man's Romance. --
14:41 -- Discussion ^ "Bumper Dumpers" don't count --
14:41 -- Discussion ^ Matthews is introduced to the concept of a Bumper Dumper --
14:43 15:00 Background Music ??? --
14:44 14:44 Discussion End of shift housekeeping, including expected stream re-start --
14:45 14:47 Discussion Beej objects to a proposal for a printer giveaway
14:46 -- Discussion ^ David recommends the Epson "Ecotank" --
14:47 -- Discussion ^ Printers that automatically buy ink for you --
14:48 -- Video/Image Gif where Cori runs in with a brick
14:49 14:54 Discussion They once mailed someone (t3h_f1gm3nt) a brick as part of the Mystery Box - DB10
14:50 -- Discussion ^ So weird how shipping don't like the Mystery Box --
14:51 -- Discussion ^ Customs paperwork is the worst --
14:51 -- Video/Image ^ Picture of the brick signed by Ken Stacy in DB10 --
14:52 -- Discussion ^^ Problems with shipping the Friday Nights playmats --
14:52 -- Discussion ^^ Canada customs agents are surprisingly nice people, but the system sucks --
14:53 -- Discussion ^ Beej is getting punchy - he's never sending out signed playmats again --
14:54 -- Meme Beej Drop! --
14:54 -- Driver Change Back to Paul (from Beej) --
14:54 14:55 Discussion What notes they need to add to the Zeta Totem
14:55 15:00 Discussion Beej addresses his redness, which chat have been asking about in concern.
14:56 -- Physical ^ Beej demonstrates the pose he must adopt for the phototherapy --
14:57 -- Discussion ^ He wears a "sock" because one of his "feet" gets cold. --
14:58 -- Meme ^ Now You Know! motion graphic --
14:59 -- Video/Image ^ PIP of notes being taped to the totem by David --
15:00 15:00 PSA End of Zeta, stream will be going down --
15:00 15:05 Technical Temporary shut down of stream --
15:00 15:05 💥 Stream Down 😱 Offline but gathering power --
15:05 15:06 Technical Signal --
15:05 15:06 Shift Change Dawnguard Day 1 --
15:06 15:06 Song Dawnguard Day 1, entering singing the Dawnguard theme
15:06 -- Driver Change Ashton takes the bus --
15:06 -- Physical Ashley absconds with The Bear --
15:06 15:12 Discussion Good morning, Desert Bus from Dawnguard!
15:07 -- Roll Call ^ James (he/him), Matt (he/they), Pete (he/him), Ashton (he/him), TrishaLynn (she/her), Az (they/them), Ashley (she/her), Liz (she/her), Carrie (she/her), Sarah (she/her), Jesse (he/him), Andre --
15:09 -- Meltdown ^ Experience Ashley --
15:09 -- Discussion ^ James has always been here. So has Ashley, she brought vegetables and coke! --
15:10 -- Discussion ^ Ashton also brought vegetables year 1, they were begging for them --
15:11 -- Discussion ^ Liz is glad to be back after a few years, interested to see what has changed - they have a TV now! --
15:11 Background Music ^ ??? --
15:11 -- Technical ^ Engineering cam --
15:12 -- Discussion ^ It's Jesse's first Desert Bus! --
15:12 15:13 Discussion Does The Bear have a name? And why does it have abs???
15:12 -- Physical ^ The Bear is brought back in by Matt --
15:13 15:16 Discussion Kate is taking a year off to prepare for next year's anniversary. James wishes he had a year off, too. [✓]
15:13 -- Creative ^ Az has crocheted a doll of Kate. Crochate. [✓] --
15:15 -- Technical ^ Close-up of doll on the Bone Zone --
15:16 15:28 Promo Coffee Pong is coming up, James challenges chat for $5 donations to $12 mill lifetime, game shows return, new segments, Minecraft server
15:18 -- Discussion ^ Liz wants to know about the button --
15:18 -- Discussion ^ Look at that donation total go! Can we hit $69420? --
15:20 -- Discussion ^ After Coffee Pong, James will show off the 5th DB Minecraft server and initiate the invite giveaways --
15:20 -- Game Event ^ Dusk --
15:20 -- Discussion ^ How the bus is going? --
15:21 -- Discussion ^ This $5 drive won't win you anything except Ashton's heart --
15:21 -- Discussion ^ It's only Day 1 and chat is already saying things that Ashley doesn't understand, specifically Freshy --
15:22 -- PSA ^ Donate at desertbus.org, make sure your donor account is up-to-date. There's cool stuff in the store! --
15:24 -- Discussion ^ There was a $2,000 donation! --
15:25 -- Burn! ^ Did James just yabba-dabba-doo? --
15:25 15:26 Discussion ^ "Last I checked you have to crank it slow." - Matt Griffiths, discussing the Button
15:25 -- Discussion ^ Matt's use of Daddio last year. Does Mommy-o work? No. Definitely not. --
15:27 -- Discussion ^ VST has the correct donation totals, thank you very much. --
15:27 15:28 Physical Liz dances with The Bear --
15:28 -- Milestone $71,000, that's definitely $12 mil! --
15:28 15:29 RDP RDP: DIM SUM PARADISE - OCT
15:29 15:29 RDP RDP: Makeba - Jain
15:29 15:30 Discussion Alright, back to normal! Onwards to $13 mil. --
15:29 -- Discussion ^ This year we could realistically hit $12 mil AND $13 mill in the same run. --
15:31 15:49 🏓 Coffee Pong ☕ Coffee Pong Day 1: James vs Dawnguard James
15:31 -- Driver Change ^ Carrie takes over the bus --
15:31 -- Physical ^ The setup --
15:31 -- Meme ^ Final Fantasy success sound --
15:31 -- Discussion ^ What's going to happen in this year's coffee pong - today it's James v Everyone --
15:33 -- Discussion ^ The Bear is Liz's hype bear --
15:34 -- Discussion ^ How's chat? Did they sleep? Are they tired? Well that's what the coffee pong is for --
15:34 15:34 Background Music ^ The most chill song possible begins to play before being cut off. --
15:35 15:37 Background Music ^ Road to Victory - AshamaluevMusic --
15:35 -- Game ^ The game begins! --
15:35 15:36 Technical ^ James' game face is so intense it's censored by the overlay --
15:36 -- Burn! ^ You're going DOWN, daddio! --
15:37 -- Discussion ^ James lied this music is annoying him. Please stop. --
15:38 15:49 Video/Image ^ Sad Keanu sitting in middle of coffee pong table in both front and overhead shots --
15:38 15:49 Background Music ^ ??? --
15:38 -- Burn! ^ Engineering wants to use their replay button - and their plus points button --
15:39 -- Game ^ Point - Travis gets the first score, 1-0 Dawn Guard --
15:40 -- Technical ^ James: You got the replay? Sarah: I'm workin on it!!! --
15:40 -- Game ^ Point - James ties it up, 1-1 tied --
15:40 -- Technical ^ James finishing his mug on repeat --
15:41 -- Game ^ Point - James pulls ahead! - 2-1 James --
15:42 -- Technical ^ Replay of James' point --
15:42 -- Technical ^ Replay of James getting robbed --
15:43 -- Game ^ Point - James! 3-1 James --
15:43 -- Technical ^ Replay of James' third point, swish! --
15:44 -- Prank ^ Ashton takes the ball! then remembers he's the ref --
15:44 -- Game ^ Point from Matt Griffiths - 3-2 James --
15:44 -- Meme ^ Woww ~ --
15:45 -- Game ^ Point - Matt Griffiths makes a tie! 3-3 tied --
15:45 -- Technical ^ Replay of Matt's point --
15:45 -- Game ^ Rerack called by James --
15:45 -- Game ^ James rattles one in! 4-3 James --
15:46 -- Technical ^ Replay of James' point --
15:46 -- Game ^ Travis neatly tosses one in. 4-4 tied --
15:46 -- Technical ^ Replay of Travis' point --
15:47 -- Game ^ James lands another! 5-4 James --
15:47 -- Technical ^ Replay of James' fifth point. --
15:48 -- Game ^ James clinches the win! Final score 6-4 James --
15:48 -- Technical ^ Replay of the match winning point --
15:48 -- Meme ^ Final Fantasy success sound --
15:49 -- Physical ^ Clean up time --
15:49 15:51 Video/Image Sad Keanu next to James --
15:49 15:51 Reading Message to Dawn Guard about Zeta's totem
15:49 -- Physical ^ Matt brings out the Zeta totem --
15:51 -- Physical ^ James choses to staple the note to the totem --
15:51 -- Discussion ^ No staple fights until Monday morning --
15:51 15:53 Promo Let's look at the silent auctions! No wait merch actually. --
15:51 16:11 Video/Image That frickin Keanu, man. --
15:53 15:54 Promo Now we're looking at silent auctions! --
15:54 15:55 Discussion How the silent auctions don't line up with the shifts --
15:55 -- Burn! James clean your mouse. --
15:55 15:56 Discussion Seattle Children's Hospital minecraft server
15:56 15:57 Physical Ashton brings his "bank passwords" to attach to the totem --
15:57 15:58 Meltdown "How's it going, Matt?" "The mouse doesn't work and I don't know where the HDMI cable isssss!!!!" --
15:58 -- Driver Change Ashton takes over --
15:58 17:05 Drive/Giveaway $5.19 Giveaway for: Desert Bus For Hope Minecraft Server Giveaway #1 - Raised: $4,406.31 Elenodul, WizardOfDocs, Avery, jellyfisharecool, ShoeboxWarrior, tinykad, Luke :3, NyxLux, AevumDecessus, 8bitdame
16:00 16:03 Prize Info ^ James explains the Minecraft Server Giveaway --
16:02 16:02 Physical Liz is wrestling The Bear? Maybe? --
16:03 16:05 Discussion The room talks about the Bear while James sets up
16:03 -- Physical ^ The Bear left some of its abs on Liz, she puts it on the totem --
16:05 16:11 ⛏ Minecraft Server 🪵 James shows off the Minecraft server tour for the first time
16:06 -- Discussion ^ Starting off with the starter house by the beach, based on a design by WolfAtari --
16:09 -- Prize Info ^ Reminders for the Dawnguard Minecraft server --
16:11 16:11 Physical Cut to Dawnguard lounging like Rose in that one scene of Titanic --
16:11 16:12 Physical Liz and Carrie try to catch the overlay Keanu --
16:14 -- Discussion $12 million lifetime happened, if Zeta's maths was right --
16:14 16:24 Video/Image Snoopy is on top of the Alpha Flight banner --
16:11 16:13 Technical The overlay jumps from 16:11 to 16:13 --
16:14 16:21 Discussion Explaining that there is a collective shift challenge to unlock the full song dance party
16:18 -- Discussion ^ James attempts to bribe engineering --
16:20 -- Prank ^ Andre shows a spreadsheet that he colours orange to attempt to get $20 from James per orange square --
16:20 -- Game Event Night time --
16:21 16:23 Prize Info Giveaway reminder for the Minecraft server, because Dawn Guard is good at promoting their giveaways. --
16:22 16:23 Discussion Discussing DBloons: The Forbidden Oreo --
16:24 -- Meltdown ^ Carrie: Theft is good --
16:24 16:25 Discussion Picking a challenge to complete --
16:25 -- Discussion ^ Couldn't engineering just tell us how many cameras there are? --
16:25 16:31 Physical ^ Setting up the different camera angles for the challenge --
16:25 -- Technical ^ Switching between the various camera angles --
16:30 16:31 RDP RDP: The Neverending Story - The Birthday Massacre
16:30 16:31 Achievement ^ RDP Challenge: Get everyone dancing in front of a different camera for a dance party - Success
16:31 16:34 Background Music ??? --
16:33 -- Meme Final Fantasy success sound --
16:34 16:38 Background Music ??? --
16:34 -- Video/Image The first Dawn Guard-coloured square is on the board! --
16:34 16:36 Discussion Ashton compliments this year's Pinny Arcade design --
16:36 -- Shoutout Welcome raiders from Kikoskia --
16:37 16:43 Video/Image Garfield center stage! --
16:38 16:40 Background Music ??? --
16:37 16:39 Discussion Garfield definitely supports this fundraiser --
16:39 16:42 Discussion How old is creepy doll? And has he been cleaned
16:38 16:39 Discussion ^ The room compliments Carrie's hair --
16:39 16:40 Physical ^ Carrie hides behind Creepy Doll --
16:39 -- Technical ^ overlay praise up --
16:40 16:42 Background Music ^ ??? --
16:41 -- Discussion ^ Moz's "realistic" Creepy Doll art --
16:42 -- Physical ^ Liz pets Garfield --
16:42 -- Discussion ^ Boomer clarifies that Creepy Doll's "teeth" is more like whale baleen that captures phytoplankton --
16:42 16:42 Background Music ??? --
16:43 16:43 Prize Info Giveaway reminder for the Minecraft server, because Dawn Guard is good at promoting their giveaways. --
16:43 Background Music ??? --
16:43 16:59 Game Challenged to complete any daily game, James chooses TimeGuessr
16:45 -- Video/Image ^ Photo 1: Kyoto, 1985, 349.3 km from the correct location, 1 year off --
16:50 -- Video/Image ^ Photo 2: New York, 2023, 93.9 km from correct location, 2 years off --
16:50 -- Video/Image ^ Photo 3: Oslo, 1915, 5.1 km from correct location, 4 years off --
16:53 -- Video/Image ^ Photo 4: Vienna, 1976 , 7.5km from the correct location , 5 years off --
16:55 16:56 Prize Info ^ Giveaway reminder for the Minecraft server --
16:56 -- Video/Image ^ Photo 5: Pretoria, South Africa, 1994, 53.7 km from the correct location, spot on --
16:59 17:03 Discussion Travis talks about Child's Play Charity
17:01 -- Discussion ^ This time I didn't say "We put people in hospital!" --
17:02 -- Discussion ^ Travis makes Ashley happy by reminding people to update their donor accounts if they win stuff --
17:03 17:07 Discussion Breakfast location suggestions
17:05 -- Discussion ^ There is no Arby's on the island, it closed a LONG time ago --
17:07 17:07 PSA You can get email reminders about giveaways! --
17:07 -- Enter/Exit Travis leaves for breakfast --
17:08 17:08 Discussion 6 of the Minecraft giveaway winners are new --
17:09 17:09 Game Event Splat! --
17:09 17:12 Physical James tries to coffee pong the ball into Ashton's mouth, Pete takes the balls away (but he still has a few)
17:10 -- Burn! ^ You're right 'cuz James'd never hit it! --
17:10 17:11 Discussion ^ What background music do other shifts have? --
17:11 17:12 Prize Info ^ Discussing the next giveaway: MtG stuff! --
17:12 -- Discussion ^ "I got three more shots of getting my balls in Ashton's mouth, let's GO!" --
17:11 17:43 Background Music ^ ??? --
17:13 17:14 Discussion James describes "Picture This" a new game show game --
17:13 -- Discussion ^ Liz wants to draw on the table --
17:14 -- Discussion ^ I don't know how long your showers are, but you probably have time before the game starts in 15-20 minutes --
17:14 17:16 Discussion How was the first Zeta? --
17:14 -- Discussion ^ Hugh Briss --
17:15 -- Discussion ^ Bricksplodes, shanties, breaking things. As is tradition. A good luck charm! And one dance party. --
17:16 17:17 Physical Liz pushing buttons she doesn't know what they do. Is it broken? --
17:18 18:38 Drive/Giveaway $8.19 Giveaway for: LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 - Raised $11,285.82 Anonymous
17:20 17:22 Discussion Liz is in charge (oh no) --
17:20 -- Discussion ^ How does challenges? --
17:21 -- Discussion ^ This: is a computer. That: is an Ashton! --
17:21 17:22 Physical ^ Challenged to hydrate, which everyone does performatively --
17:22 -- Discussion ^ Donate to hydrate Ashton! --
17:22 17:27 Discussion Challenge: Give restaurant suggestions for Vancouver.
17:22 -- Discussion ^ Arby's --
17:23 -- Discussion ^ Arcana: Spirit Lounge - Tarot themed speakeasy --
17:23 -- Discussion ^ TrishaLynn: The Acorn - vegetarian --
17:24 -- Discussion ^ Liz: In Santa Monica there's a place called Tartine --
17:24 -- Discussion ^ Carrie: Peri Peri - not exactly a cheeky Nando's --
17:25 -- Milestone $80k raised for 2025 --
17:25 -- Discussion ^ David: The Red Accordion --
17:26 -- Discussion ^ TrishaLynn: [Dimiski?] - dim sum --
17:26 -- Discussion ^ Matthews has a great hotpot rec if you want to go to North Carolina --
17:26 -- Discussion ^ Ashton: My hot tip for Vancouver restaurant recs is to talk to Andrew --
17:27 17:28 RDP RDP: Strawberry Heart - MIRA
17:28 -- Discussion ^ Crochate danced and drove - Ashton can you bring up the gain? The game? --
17:28 17:28 Discussion Did we miss a camera for the challenge? No that's the LRR card reader it doesn't count. --
17:28 17:31 Discussion Discussing the RDPs, this year was compiled by Andrew, Ben, and Jordan
17:28 -- Discussion ^ Additional contributions from Cori, Molly, and Az along with others Az doesn't remember on the spot --
17:31 -- Discussion Liz: The numbers keep going up! What's the current giveaway? --
17:31 -- Discussion ^ Liz starts to read iso --
17:32 -- Technical ^ Engineering messes with Liz via iso --
17:32 17:33 Prize Info Reminder about the ongoing LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 giveaway --
17:32 -- Discussion ^ It's got a fantasy that is final. --
17:34 17:35 Discussion Liz: Accept this compliment. Your hair looks great. No Donair Account
17:35 17:43 Discussion Album recommendations from Dawnguard avi_miller
17:36 17:38 Story ^ Liz got a mix-CD from a friend at 12/13 years old. She's making him a spotify playlist for his upcoming birthday. --
17:38 17:39 Discussion ^ Ashton still has a bunch of mixtapes and now cool cassette players are coming out again --
17:39 -- Discussion ^ Matthews has to go fix something... --
17:39 -- Discussion ^ Carrie has cassette tapes that her grandparents recorded and mailed when she was a kid --
17:40 -- Discussion ^ Carrie wants to steal a cassette player from a museum, --
17:40 -- Discussion ^ TrishaLynn: Prince - Hit n Run Phase 2 --
17:41 -- Discussion ^ David: Nightwish - Imaginaerum --
17:42 -- Discussion ^ Carrie: Sublux - various. Also the first Third Eye Blind album. --
17:43 -- Discussion ^ Remember when music wasn't on a phone? --
17:43 17:45 Background Music Behind the Mask - Lyn --
17:43 17:44 Prize Info Reminder about the ongoing LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 giveaway --
17:43 -- Driver Change Liz takes over driving --
17:45 -- Driver Change TrishaLynn takes over from Liz --
17:46 18:22 Morning Game Show Dawnguard Gameshow Day 1: Picture This! Noy2222
17:46 17:48 Discussion ^ James explains how the game works --
17:48 18:05 Background Music ^ Price is Right theme --
17:51 -- Game ^ Round 1: One Word (Prize, Plinko, Pikachu, Password) - Point for Matt --
17:55 -- Game ^ Round 2: Two Words (Child's Play, Meteor Shower, Skeleton Key, Poop Emoji) - Point for Matt --
17:56 17:58 Prize Info ^ Reminder about the ongoing LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 giveaway --
17:57 -- Meme ^ "A!" baby --
17:58 -- Technical ^ Over to document cam to show off the drawings --
18:01 -- Game ^ Round 3: People (James Turner, Weird Al, Alex Horne, Beej) - Point for Liz --
18:01 18:02 Prize Info ^ Reminder about the ongoing LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 giveaway --
18:03 -- Technical ^ Back to document cam to show off the drawings --
18:05 18:05 RDP RDP: The Path - Arcade High
18:08 -- Game ^ Round 4: Food and Drink (Thick Tang, Ceiling Egg, Alphabet Pasta, Salami Slices) - Point for Carrie --
18:09 18:10 Prize Info ^ Silent Auction reminder: Poseable Chocobo --
18:06 18:22 Background Music ^ Happy Happy Game Show - Kevin Macleod --
18:11 -- Technical ^ Over to document cam to show off the drawings (again) --
18:13 -- Discussion ^ These were hard prompts --
18:15 -- Game ^ Round 5: Memes and Bits (TEETH TEETH TEETH, Zippo Tricks McEdgelord, Hamfather, Marble Race) - Point for Az (Matt wins overall) --
18:15 -- Prize Info ^ Plugging the LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 giveaway again --
18:16 -- Enter/Exit ^ Emily enters, with the beginnings of scarf in tow --
18:19 -- Discussion ^ The entertainment crew is bad at judging time --
18:22 -- Discussion ^ Thank you to the participants, tomorrow will be Family Feud --
18:22 18:23 Background Music Behind the Mask - Lyn --
18:22 18:23 Prize Info Plugging the LRRMTG Prize Pack #1 giveaway again --
18:22 -- Driver Change Liz takes over --
18:23 18:37 Discussion Trisha Lynn talks about her parents' 55th wedding anniversary and the song they played at their wedding
18:28 18:32 Song ^ Trisha sings "Love-Wise" by Nat King Cole --
18:27 -- Behind the Scenes ^ Showing off and explaining the guillotine --
18:30 18:30 Dance ^ Emily backup dances --
18:32 -- Physical ^ Hugs! --
18:32 18:33 Discussion ^ Emily loves to hear about people who have been together for a long time but are still so in love their face lights up to see their partner. Also officiating weddings for octogenarians is lovely. --
18:33 18:37 Background Music ^ ??? --
18:35 -- Discussion ^ TrishaLynn talking about the father-daughter dance at her wedding --
18:35 18:36 Story ^ Trisha and her partner's two wedding anniversaries --
18:35 -- Video/Image ^ Brief Keanu on the couch --
18:36 -- Discussion ^ Emily and Erik also got married twice! --
18:37 -- Discussion ^ So did Az & Peej! --
18:37 -- Driver Change Ashton takes over from Liz --
18:38 18:39 Discussion The winner of the LRRMTG prize pack was Anonymous... Ashton's going to make sure that there's actually a donor id attached to that --
18:40 -- Discussion ^ DB collects as little data as possible. If you want to be anonymous and not perceived, go for it! --
18:40 -- Driver Change Emily takes over from Ashton --
18:41 18:41 Technical Some sort of theme song begins and then stops --
18:41 18:54 Reading Dawn Good News - Day 1
18:41 -- Discussion ^ There's no logo, but that's on purpose! There will be a challenge to make a logo, tomorrow --
18:41 -- Video/Image ^ "no image" image --
18:42 -- Discussion ^ What is Dawn Good News? Let's talk about three good news stories from around the world because there's a lot of bad news lately. --
18:43 -- Discussion ^ There will be a submissions process for local news from chatters. Photos ideal. --
18:44 -- Meltdown ^ Carrie can't stop laughing --
18:44 -- Physical ^ Couch shenanigans --
18:45 18:47 Reading ^ Story 1 (read by Carrie): BC Ferry Workers Tie Knot Aboard Northern Expedition --
18:45 18:47 Video/Image ^ Image of the couple --
18:47 -- Discussion ^ The most BC thing James has ever heard --
18:48 -- Meme ^ Good Neeeewwwwwssss --
18:48 18:51 Reading ^ Story 2 (read by Ashton): Winners Announced in Greater Victoria's First Ever Little Free Library Awards
18:48 18:51 Video/Image ^ A series of images of little free libraries --
18:51 -- Meme ^ Good Newwwwwwwssss --
18:51 -- Discussion ^ TrishaLynn's dad made a little free library --
18:51 18:53 Reading ^ Story 3 (read by Liz) Polar Bear Gleefully Eating a 1400-Pound Pumpkin Donated for His Dinner is a Sight to Behold
18:51 18:53 Video/Image ^ A series of images of Henry the polar bear eating the pumpkin --
18:53 -- Discussion ^ Carrie would also be afraid of a 1400-lb pumpkin in her enclosure --
18:53 -- Meme ^ Good Newwwwwwwssss --
18:54 18:55 Promo Go to dbfh.org/goodnews to submit stories for future segments --
18:55 -- Enter/Exit Adzy enters --
18:55 18:55 Prize Info Silent auctions --
18:55 19:37 Drive/Giveaway $6.06 Giveaway for: Secret Lair Collection #2 - Raised: $1,539.24 CaptainSpam
18:56 -- Driver Change Carrie takes over from Emily --
18:56 Video/Image Sad Keanu takes centre stage sitting on the cushion --
18:57 18:57 Physical Liz pats the sad Keanu, then Creepy Doll does the same --
18:58 18:58 Promo Dawn Guard Fashion Fest is upcoming, as well as Night'Cap response & watch --
18:58 -- Discussion RDP Challenge: Time for another challenge? --
18:58 -- Discussion ^ It's good that Keanu got a pillow --
18:59 19:00 Video/Image Very Big Keanu, then medium-sized Keanu in the corner --
19:00 19:04 Meme Crab rave --
19:00 19:04 Background Music Noisestorm - Crab Rave --
19:01 19:03 Achievement Let's crab walk down the hallway
19:02 -- Dance ^ The crab dance --
19:02 -- Technical ^ Echo and feedback from the roaming camera --
19:02 19:03 Achievement ^ RDP Challenge: Crab Walking down the hallway - success --
19:02 19:03 Physical ^^ Crab Walking down the hallway (Adzy narrates) --
19:04 -- Meme ^ A crab note --
19:04 -- Meme ^ Final Fantasy victory song --
19:04 19:05 Discussion James is doing math on the bingo board: each shift would get 7 if evenly distributed
19:05 19:06 Discussion ^ What other one challenge could we do today? --
19:06 19:20 Achievement RDP Challenge: photo scavenger hunt, taking a photo of emily's scarf
19:07 -- Discussion Liz feels like she earned some donos with her crab efforts --
19:07 -- Prize Info Secret Lair Collection #2 Giveaway --
19:09 19:10 Discussion What song from '92 do you want to dance party to when we hit $92k?
19:09 -- Burn! ^ Matt: I was two at the time! James: Shut up, Matt. --
19:10 19:13 Background Music C418??? --
19:10 -- Discussion ^ Ashton seems to have vanished --
19:11 -- Burn! He went to a canucks game to get the cold and the L --
19:11 19:13 Discussion What time did the Dawn Guard folks wake up this morning? And other morning care routines
19:12 -- Discussion ^ ? --
19:12 -- Discussion ^ Matt: 420 --
19:12 -- Discussion ^ Az: 1, 3, and 4 --
19:12 -- Discussion ^PJ: I got up at 8:30! (Should not be up this early!) --
19:12 -- Discussion ^ James has a well organized bathroom schedule --
19:13 -- Discussion ^ Emily's hair gets tanglier and tanglier --
19:13 19:16 Background Music something animal crossing --
19:13 19:14 Discussion James associates the Animal Crossing music with the pandemic --
19:14 -- Discussion ^ Ashton has taken the photos and passed them to broadcast who will be preparing them --
19:15 19:16 Prize Info Secret Lair Collection #2 Giveaway reminder, and silent auctions just went up 15 min ago --
19:16 19:17 Video/Image Freshy button is pushed - Hello Freshy!
19:17 Technical Ashton pushes the bus distance overlay button --
19:17 19:20 Achievement RDP Challenge: Photo scavenger hunt - success (Included in the above video) --
19:17 -- Video/Image ^ Something soft: Scarf --
19:18 -- Video/Image ^ Something cold: Cold meat, but whose meat? Beej's meat! --
19:19 -- Meme ^ Beej Drop --
19:19 -- Video/Image ^ Something starting with L: Land (Spiderman Plains) --
19:17 19:19 Background Music The Fragrance of Dark Coffee (Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations) --
19:20 19:21 Discussion Many "crank" jokes as they attempt to play an RDP --
19:21 19:21 RDP RDP: 360 - Charli XCX
19:21 -- Meme Final Fantasy victory song, followed by an acapella version --
19:22 -- Meme Waaaaoow! --
19:22 -- Burn! It took you 4 hours and 22 minutes into our shift to wake up? --
19:19 19:20 Background Music Trophy Gallery (Super Smash Bros Brawl) --
19:23 19:23 Discussion Was the Dawn Guard News jingle a MaybeTara creation? (It was!) --
19:22 19:23 Background Music No More What Ifs (Persona 5) --
19:24 19:27 Discussion Mocktail suggestions for a 29-week sober challenger
19:24 -- Discussion ^ Matt: Gin & Juice but just the juice! --
19:25 -- Discussion ^ Az: There are good non-alcoholic spirit companies out there! PJ got a good non-alcoholic Old Fashioned recently. --
19:26 -- Discussion ^ Az: Shrubs (warning: vinegary) --
19:26 -- Discussion ^ Liz: Ginger beer! --
19:27 -- Discussion ^ Carrie: spicy ginger beer (Reed's, if you're in the US) --
19:27 -- Discussion ^ Az: Some breweries make hop water if you were a beer enjoyer --
19:27 19:29 Prize Info A few minutes left in the Secret Lair giveaway, and the new silent auctions Frieren Plushie and Hear Feel Think Vibe Wall Hanging --
19:29 19:33 PSA If you want to review that information, go to dbfh.org/prizes You can now get emailed when certain prizes go live. Also consider the store at store.desertbus.org and the shirt at shirt.desertbus.org --
19:32 -- Discussion ^ The sticker is exciting; maybe that should be Ashton's tattoo? --
19:33 -- Discussion Fangamer is mysterious, they could make a drop anytime. Like now. Or now? --
19:33 19:35 Background Music Something jazzy --
19:33 -- Discussion James spilled spaghetti sauce on a DB shirt at some point --
19:34 19:35 Discussion Stretch for time... How are we going to lie to Night Watch? Make Ashton do it.
19:34 -- Discussion ^ The stream went down for 6 hours --
19:34 -- Discussion ^ They got 30 points --
19:35 -- Discussion ^ James got 5 inches taller --
19:34 -- Prank ^ 31 points on the overlay --
19:35 -- Discussion ^ We did all of the challenges in 20 minutes but thought that was showing off. --
19:35 19:37 Discussion Having a new overlay feels weird and how it has evolved
19:36 -- Prank ^ Made up numbers counter incremented to 1 --
19:36 -- Discussion ^ The sidebars with the stats made sense for specific driver shifts, but they're of the past now --
19:36 -- Prank ^ Actually real numbers counter incremented to 417 --
19:37 19:44 Discussion James points out tally lights (on the cameras) to people in the room; also the guillotine
19:36 -- Technical ^ Overlay praise incremented to 15 --
19:38 -- Discussion ^ Matt and Jordynne have been calling it Girlotine, the room says no --
19:39 -- Discussion ^ The guillotine has definitely killed people --
19:39 -- Discussion ^ Gorillatine? Ghoulatine! --
19:39 19:41 Background Music ^ Athletic Theme piano jazz version (Super Mario World) --
19:40 -- Enter/Exit ^ Erika arrives --
19:39 -- Burn! ^ Wrong door, Liz! Look, she's new here okay? --
19:40 Discussion ^ Saying gill-o'tine instead of giyotine --
19:40 -- Meme ^ Can I get some jalApenos on my torTILLa? --
19:41 -- Technical ^ feedback --
19:41 -- Discussion ^ These pronunciations physically pain Emily --
19:41 19:42 Story ^ Tourists in New Mexico asked Az where a street was, pronounced VERY poorly. --
19:42 19:44 Behind the Scenes ^ Liz takes the roaming cam around. She is absolutely a professional at this. --
19:42 -- Prank ^ Kolin has a camera too! --
19:42 -- Behind the Scenes ^ Don't show the cables of shame --
19:43 -- Behind the Scenes ^ Chat on screen --
19:43 -- Discussion ^ The guillotine is modular --
19:41 19:44 Background Music ^ Quiet jazz continues --
19:44 19:45 Discussion Meark's cat keeps pawing at James' moving feet on their projector --
19:45 19:45 RDP RDP: Living In a Haze - Milky Chance
19:45 19:45 Physical Liz claims the copilot chair since James needs more coffee --
19:45 19:47 Skit Welcome Erika to Dawn Guard! --
19:46 -- Skit ^ Erika doesn't need to introduce herself. Liz didn't realise because she's new. --
19:46 -- Skit ^ You have to manifest competence. --
19:47 -- Skit ^ Liz was excellent at operating a camera. Not dizzying whatsoever. --
19:47 -- Skit ^ But she's better at crab walking. Might have hurt herself doing it though. --
19:47 -- Discussion ^ First aid is actually available for every shift! --
19:47 19:56 Discussion Matt, as Liz's secretary, reads the paper on Liz's desk asking for everyone to recommend a movie to watch. Couldn'tPickAUsername
19:47 -- Discussion ^ Liz: Flow --
19:48 -- Discussion ^ Carrie: A Goofy Movie --
19:49 19:55 Background Music ^ ??? --
19:49 -- Discussion ^ Matt: Clue --
19:50 -- Discussion ^ Az: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (with Brandi) --
19:51 -- Discussion ^ Emily: Labyrinth (Potentially too much for her small children) --
19:52 -- Discussion ^^ The arc of Disney movies teaching you it's okay to be scared because it'll be happy after --
19:52 -- Discussion ^ Ashton: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty --
19:54 -- Discussion ^^ It's nice to have twists work properly, and trailers tend to spoil things --
19:54 19:55 Discussion ^ Erika: Del Toro's Frankenstein --
19:54 -- Game Event ^ Point get - 2 in a row! --
19:56 19:56 Discussion Ashton: VST is logging when people leave and return (not true Ashton, we don't get that granular anymore) --
19:56 20:02 Physical Challenge: show off The Bear
19:57 -- Discussion ^ The fingers all fing --
19:58 -- Discussion ^ Matt informs Liz The Bear emerged from its trash bag completely nude --
19:58 -- Physical ^ They show Liz the face, and also remove the eyebrows (it's not allowed to be cute) --
19:59 -- Discussion ^ Don't ask questions about The Bear --
19:59 -- Physical ^ Liz is clothing The Bear more --
20:00 -- Discussion ^ Erika explains the actual purpose of The Bear --
20:02 -- Discussion ^ The tucked in shirt gives dad vibes now --
20:02 20:02 Prank Bear go in, bear go out --
20:03 20:50 Drive/Giveaway $5.19 Giveaway for: Desert Bus for Hope Minecraft Server Giveaway #2 - Raised $3825.03 StarlitGhost, aliumsativum, bekit, randomshoes, protojman, Antimuffin, craftyskwrl, ViMaSter, Zebrashark3, 3geek14
20:02 20:02 Meme ^ Oh yeah --
20:04 20:08 ⛏ Minecraft Server 🪵 ^ Another look at the Dawnguard Minecraft server --
20:04 -- PSA ^ A few people have not yet replied (jellyfisharecool) - please check the email you used for your DB account - need discord name and Minecraft username --
20:03 20:05 Background Music ^ Quiet jazz --
20:09 20:11 Skit New guest on shift - The Bear About Town
20:09 20:09 Discussion The actual guest Travis is not here --
20:09 -- Discussion ^ Bearly Puns --
20:11 -- Discussion ^ Yogi Bear discussion --
20:11 20:12 Discussion James ate the paper with the Minecraft Server secrets to retain the mystery --
20:12 20:12 Discussion Ashley went home to walk Jade and receive snuggles --
20:12 Background Music Talespin Theme --
20:12 -- Meme Kolin! Kolin! Kolin! --
20:12 20:14 Photos New Photo Drop! photos.desertbus.org --
20:14 20:14 RDP RDP: Easy Lover feat Big Sean - Ellie Goulding
20:14 20:14 Physical ^ Kolin has smooth moves with The Bear --
20:15 20:15 Physical James smooches The Bear for Kolin to photograph --
20:16 -- Prize Info Reminder for Minecraft server giveaway --
20:17 20:31 Skit Dawn Guard Fashion Fest Day 1
20:17 -- Song ^ The room sings the Dawn Guard Fashion Fest song --
20:17 -- Physical ^ Az crocheted a cool cardigan --
20:19 -- Physical ^ Trisha has green in her hair and a right-side undercut, and knitted socks from her mother-in-law --
20:20 -- Meme ^ Feet da baby --
20:20 -- Discussion ^ Explaining feet the baby --
20:21 -- Discussion ^ James once brought that photo home to see how long before Ashley noticed it. It ended up under the bed --
20:21 -- Physical ^ Matt has a nice tartan scarf bought by his mother after he rented one for his very gay wedding --
20:22 -- Discussion ^ The origin of matts scarf and his clan --
20:22 -- Meltdown ^ Ashley is extremely feisty today --
20:23 -- Physical ^ Ashley has an alarming crab plush with an extruding-when-squeezed middle, sent to her by Kate Watt --
20:24 -- Physical ^ Ashton squishes one of those stress crabs by the microphone --
20:25 -- Physical ^ Liz has lovely purple socks with butterflies. She also kicks the baby James photo. --
20:25 -- Physical ^ The Bear is dressed sorta like Wheeler --
20:25 20:26 Skit ^ Matt flirts with The Bear, Liz shoos him off
20:26 -- Physical ^ Az shows Crochate again - a pattern from the Loopy Lamb --
20:27 -- Discussion ^ Kate will not be here this year - she is fine, she has a nice new house --
20:28 -- Technical ^ Closeup demo of Crochate on docu-cam --
20:29 -- Physical ^ Hey Az what's on your wrist? It's a cool leather knitting needle sizing and measuring tape thing from Copper Cactus Collective
20:30 -- Video/Image ^ Dawn Guard Fashion Fest theme --
20:31 -- Prize Info Reminder for Minecraft server giveaway; aiming for 100k before alpha flight --
20:32 20:37 Discussion James explains what the upcoming video is about (They watch the message from Night Watch)
20:33 -- Video/Image ^ Dawn Guard Fashion Fest theme --
20:34 20:37 Video/Image ^ The room watches Night Watch's Recap --
20:37 20:40 Skit Dawnguard Recap #1
20:41 -- Prize Info Minecraft server giveaway --
20:41 20:41 Discussion If we hit 100k on the shift, James promises two full dance parties! --
20:41 20:42 Discussion The button is very full and clanky --
20:42 20:44 Discussion How's the room feeling after Dawn Guard shift #1?
20:43 -- Meme Aaaaaaaaaaa (The More You know) --
20:44 20:47 Discussion Short media recs
20:44 -- Discussion ^ James: Pluribus --
20:45 -- Discussion ^ Ashton: Silksong --
20:45 -- Discussion ^ Trisha: Vampire Survivors --
20:45 -- Discussion ^ Carrie: Blue Prince --
20:46 -- Discussion ^^ There is a submitted challenge to treat the room as a Blue Prince room; Carrie blue screens at the prospect --
20:47 -- Discussion ^ Matt: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 --
20:48 20:49 Discussion Math Time? We don't math before 11 --
20:48 -- Meme Knowledge Get! --
20:49 -- Prank Points go up to 2 then down to 1 --
20:51 20:53 PSA If you won a Minecraft spot, please reply to the email, even if you are a winner in previous years --
20:53 20:53 RDP RDP: Time of My Life - Peach PRC
20:54 20:55 Physical Where should Kate stay on the studio?
20:55 20:56 Discussion You can submit your Dawn Good News submissions at goodnews.desertbus.org or dbfh.org/goodnews --
20:56 20:58 Promo Tomorrow: Coffee Pong, Dawnguard Fashion Fest, Family Feud, (potential) Waffle party, and more --
20:57 20:59 Discussion Does anyone have a spare $3571 to get us to 100k? --
20:59 -- Discussion For Dawn Good News: aim for articles that are fairly short (~one page of paper). Doesn't have to be strictly local to you. --
20:59 -- Technical Hot mic for the incoming Alpha Flight --
21:00 21:00 Discussion Maybe we should bring in a giant pumpkin for our bear --
21:00 -- Discussion Dawn Guard is over! --
21:00 21:01 Shift Change Alpha Flight Day 2
21:00 -- Enter/Exit ^ Alpha Flight enters anticlimactically --
21:00 21:01 Music ^ The Avengers Theme --
21:00 21:01 Physical ^ Alpha Fight gives high fives to Dawnguard as they enter --
21:01 -- Driver Change ^ Mikey starts driving --
21:03 21:03 Discussion How has Alpha Flight been?
21:03 21:05 Roll Call Alpha Flight Roll Call: Graham (He/Him), Erika (She/Her), The Bear, Dan Olson (He/Him), Kathleen (She/Her), Harry the Creepy Doll (Meghan's understudy), Mikey (He/Him), Tim (He/Him) --
21:04 -- Discussion ^ Dan is ready to make DB regret making him a entertainer --
21:06 21:07 Physical Calisthenics with Alpha Flight Day 1
21:06 -- Video/Image ^ Zuiikin English - Let's Go Dutch!
21:07 -- Discussion ^ Discussing the unevenness of the stretch --
21:07 21:08 Prize Info Erika explains how the art challenge works this year --
21:08 26:09 Drive/Giveaway Art Challenge: Tarot Cards of the Alpha Flight entertainers Asteyni --
21:09 21:12 Discussion ^ Make a tarot card of an alpha flight entertainer. Email subject line: Tarot
21:12 -- Meltdown It's only tarot if it's from the tarot region; Canadians usually leave the "t"s out when talking about toronto --
21:12 21:14 Story Mikey tells a story about his layover to Vancouver
21:14 -- Discussion ^ What is Orange Bird? --
21:15 22:52 Drive/Giveaway $8.11 Giveaway for: Art Case - Raised $3,073.69 Varbles
21:16 -- Discussion ^ What is a Chicago screw? No sauce? Really deep? It's a rivet but you screw it --
21:17 -- Meme 6-7 --
21:17 21:22 Background Music ??? --
21:18 21:19 Discussion What is the 6-7 meme?
21:20 21:22 Discussion Graham tells us about his shoes
21:22 21:30 Discussion LRR during the Escapist years
21:23 -- Technical ^ Freshy audio plays accidentally --
21:24 21:25 Discussion ^ The Escapist made Feed Dump shirts without consulting LRR --
21:25 21:26 Discussion ^ The current Escapist youtube is just highlight reels of gambling --
21:26 21:28 Discussion Dan's idea about making an Unwrapping video
21:28 21:30 Discussion ^ Commenting on creators being paid or not by The Escapist --
21:30 -- Discussion ^ This is why you talk about your salary with your coworkers! --
21:30 21:36 Physical Alpha Flight shows off their looks for potential tarot card help
21:31 -- Physical ^ Graham spins while Kathleen makes microwave noises --
21:32 -- Physical ^ Erika spins with engineering-provided microwave noises --
21:33 -- Physical ^ Dan's linen explorer set from Uniqlo and handmade sheep slippers --
21:34 -- Physical ^ Kathleen's vintage outfit --
21:35 -- Driver Change ^ Brett takes over (briefly) so Mikey can show off his outfit --
21:35 -- Physical ^ Mikey's "no one knows what they're doing" shirt, sour patch kids socks, ancient jeans from the Gap --
21:36 21:44 Food Alpha Flight Brown Ones Day 1
21:36 -- Video/Image ^ Brown Ones intro video --
21:36 -- Discussion ^ Rek has coffee and explains his job --
21:38 -- Food ^ Rek serves coffee for Mikey, Graham, Kathleen, and himself. One coffee prepared two ways. --
21:38 Background Music ^ Something jazzy --
21:41 -- Discussion ^ What is an Africano? --
21:42 -- Discussion ^ Bean Reveal: Fernwood's Brazil - Cerrado in instant and bean form, as a pour-over --
21:45 21:48 Meme UPSLynx is small time!
21:46 -- Discussion ^ Discussion about whether he's now "medium time" and origin of meme --
21:48 21:48 Discussion The challenges used to be much more transactional --
21:48 -- Prize Info Giveaway reminder for the Art Case --
21:49 21:50 Discussion Dan is trying to figure out a funny thing that is less than $1600
21:50 -- Discussion ^ Talk about magic cards --
21:51 21:52 Discussion Challenger is having a hard time and is happy DB is here dreol
21:52 22:03 Discussion Mikey will be your reference, his phone number is "8" (and other phone talk)
21:52 -- Discussion ^ Kids do a different gesture for "phone" now --
21:54 -- Discussion ^ Ergonomics of phones are ruined --
21:54 -- Discussion ^ Everyone has earbuds in now - but that's been a thing since 2003 --
21:55 -- Discussion ^ We love calls from "Likely Fraud!" --
21:56 -- Discussion ^ Graham engages in Breathing Competitions with spam calls he's unsure about --
21:57 -- Discussion ^ Auto-dialer shenanigans experienced by Emily and Eric (Her husband) --
21:58 -- Discussion ^ Erika missed a call from Georgia, country or state unspecified --
21:58 -- Discussion ^ Graham's calls from URL buyers --
21:59 22:00 Story ^ Andre's favorite spam call --
22:00 22:01 Story ^ Emily's only acceptable use of generative AI: using it to teach people about AI scams --
22:02 -- Discussion ^ It's a trillion dollar industry. They are going to find a way to make money back from it, and it's not through busposting --
22:02 -- Discussion ^ Further AI talk: Graham brings up a buspost by Benny Feldman --
22:03 -- Milestone $99999.99 --
22:04 22:04 RDP RDP: Angelina - Kitten
22:05 -- PSA If you aren't doing so well financially, give what you can, and if that's nothing that's okay --
22:05 -- Discussion It's the currency conversion minute! --
22:06 22:21 Game This or That: Both or Not - Stargate and/or Star Trek Viewers_Like_You
22:07 -- Game ^ Prototype Both (SG-1 and Voyager) --
22:09 -- Game ^ Smoke and Mirrors Not (Stargate SG-1) --
22:07 22:21 Background Music ^ Stargate and/or Star Trek? --
22:10 -- Game ^ Unnatural Selection Both (SG-1 and TNG) --
22:11 -- Game ^ Underground Not (Stargate Atlantis) --
22:12 -- Game ^ The Changeling Both (SG-1 and TOS) --
22:13 -- Game ^ Prometheus Not (Stargate SG-1) --
22:15 -- Game ^ Zero Hour Both (SG-1 and Enterprise) --
22:15 -- Game ^ The Enemy Within Both (SG-1 and TOS) --
22:16 -- Game ^ The Other Side Not (Stargate SG-1) --
22:17 -- Game ^ A Matter of Time Both (SG-1 and TNG) --
22:19 -- Game ^ The Gamekeeper Not (Stargate SG-1) --
22:19 -- Game ^ Inquisition Both (Atlantis and DS9) --
22:20 -- Game ^ Shades of Grey Not (SG-1) --
22:22 -- Technical Swear tracker increments to 10 --
22:22 -- Technical Overlay Compliments increments to 16 --
22:23 -- Technical Swears from Mikey counter now exists and is set to 0 --
22:23 22:23 Discussion ^ What counts for the Mikey Swear Counter? --
22:23 22:25 Story Graham being interviewed while dressed as a Borg
22:24 22:30 Background Music ??? Something swing --
22:25 22:32 Story Mikey saw Graham on TV at a bar
22:26 -- Discussion ^ Graham explains the viral video of Graham getting hit in the groin --
22:26 -- Discussion ^^ The original video got taken down because of youtube's violence policy --
22:28 -- Discussion ^ What is a boat bar? --
22:29 -- Discussion ^ Graham got a note from Jay Leno's show that they played the clip --
22:29 -- Discussion ^ Is Graham's clip the reason that late shows get cancelled? --
22:30 -- Video/Image ^ The original Nunchuck Jousting video (EPIC NUNCHUCK NUT SHOT) --
22:32 22:32 Prize Info Art Case giveaway still ongoing --
22:32 22:42 Discussion Night Watch's secret word and the RDP challenge
22:33 -- Discussion ^ Alpha Flight looks at the RDP challenge --
22:34 -- Discussion ^ What is the Desert Bus ARG? --
22:35 23:02 Background Music ^ ??? Something swing --
22:36 -- Discussion ^ Alpha Flight debates which RDP challenge items to accomplish --
22:38 -- Discussion ^^ Did Andrew playtest these challenges? ("Sure didn't!") --
22:39 -- Discussion ^^ "It's not a competition." "But the word 'competition' *is* there..." --
22:41 -- Milestone ^ Hour 131 get --
22:42 22:46 Discussion Let's talk about our favorite restaurant, Golden Corral!
22:43 -- Discussion ^ Transition to chain restaurant and other food talk --
22:44 -- Story ^^ Mikey had the best steak he had ever eaten in Japan --
22:45 -- Story ^ Emily had a really good steak --
22:46 -- Discussion ^ Mikey and Emily are the same age and remember this exactly once a year --
22:46 22:50 Game Desert Bus Connections Henry
22:47 -- Game ^ 🔵Last words of Star Wars movies --
22:48 -- Game ^ 🟡 Leave --
22:49 -- Game ^ 🟣Omni_ --
22:49 -- Game ^ 🟢 Paw Patrol Puppies --
22:50 22:53 Discussion Talk about Paw Patrol
22:52 22:52 Discussion ^ Going on walks with Penelope --
22:53 -- Discussion ^ Mikey's default cheer is "Waluigi" --
22:54 23:01 Achievement Dan has made a paper airplane out of the photobook, others join him [✓]
22:56 -- Discussion ^ Kathleen will fold Johnny's butt to carry her to victory --
22:56 22:59 Game Dan has prepared some trivia questions --
22:56 -- Game ^ What's the MTG card with the largest mana value (not counting Un-cards)? Draco --
22:58 -- Game ^ What is the only card that costs greater than 12 mana without cost reduction? Emrakul, the Aeons Torn --
23:01 24:53 Drive/Giveaway $9.84 Giveaway for: Desert Bus 2024 Hardcover Photobook #1 - Raised $5,461.20 Hbomb
23:02 23:34 Background Music ??? Mario Kart? --
23:03 -- Driver Change Rek took over during paper airplanes --
23:04 -- Meltdown Is there an extra for Satan? If he donates! --
23:05 -- Promo There will be another Hardcover Photo Book giveaway and a Live Auction later in the run. --
23:06 23:10 Achievement Paper Airplane Contest - Won by Mikey (Included in Achievement video above) --
23:07 -- Physical ^ Dan Very Nice --
23:07 -- Physical ^ Andre Not Quite --
23:07 -- Physical ^ Kathleen, with girded loins --
23:08 -- Physical ^ Mikey --
23:08 -- Physical ^ Adzy --
23:08 -- Physical ^ Graham --
23:08 -- Discussion ^ Mikey dedicates his win to Andrew --
23:10 23:10 Physical ^ Graham throws his airplane into the lighting grid, directly in front of Kevin --
23:10 -- Meme ^ FF Victory Fanfare --
23:10 23:11 Discussion ^ The challenge grid is shown with the newly completed challenge marked --
23:11 23:12 Promo Live auction coming up for Delicious in DB: Dungeon Meshi Diorama --
23:12 23:14 Discussion The room tries to make sure Graham's stuck airplane isn't a fire hazard
23:13 -- Discussion ^ The lights are so bright --
23:13 -- Discussion ^ Mikey has a revelation about Christian Bale's lighting rant --
23:13 -- Video/Image ^ Paper airplane in front of kevin --
23:14 -- Discussion ^ In other justified celebrity crash outs: Tom Cruise --
23:14 23:14 Discussion Jordynne arrives and is late for Alpha Flight. (Turns out Chili's is good?) --
23:14 -- Enter/Exit Jordynne arrives, grabs Kathleen's phone, and departs once again --
23:16 23:21 Game Dan and Mikey play Mind Meld (aka Convergence) antimuffin
23:18 -- Enter/Exit ^ Matt Wiggins --
23:21 -- Discussion ^ Talking about the strategy of picking words for Mind Meld --
23:21 23:22 Discussion What is a recent triptych film? Kinds of Kindness
23:23 -- Driver Change Mikey regains bus control --
23:23 23:32 Game Matt and Rek play Mind Meld (aka Convergence)
23:24 -- Discussion ^ Matt misunderstood the assignment and says "Sure" --
23:34 23:34 Game Joe wants to converge with Matt on the first word
23:34 -- Discussion ^ Results are poor --
23:35 24:26 Game Dan has set up Monopoly for Millennials, and requires 4 other players. [✓]
22:36 -- Game ^ Kathleen, Graham, Mikey, and Matt join and instructions are read --
23:36 -- Discussion ^ Millennials don't buy property --
23:35 24:10 Background Music ^ ??? Something jazzy --
23:38 -- Discussion ^ The players determine who has the most student debt to figure out who goes first --
23:47 -- Discussion ^ The players marvel at the game's built-in derision --
23:58 -- Meltdown ^ Graham: "My pizza has been repossessed!" --